'Even' in the Bible

And the king said to Esther on the second day also as they drank their wine at the banquet, “What is your petition, Queen Esther? It shall be granted you. And what is your request? Even to half of the kingdom it shall be done.”

Now when the king returned from the palace garden into the place where they were drinking wine, Haman was falling on the couch where Esther was. Then the king said, “Will he even assault the queen with me in the house?” As the word went out of the king’s mouth, they covered Haman’s face.

Even all the princes of the provinces, the satraps, the governors and those who were doing the king’s business assisted the Jews, because the dread of Mordecai had fallen on them.

The king said to Queen Esther, “The Jews have killed and destroyed five hundred men and the ten sons of Haman at the citadel in Susa. What then have they done in the rest of the king’s provinces! Now what is your petition? It shall even be granted you. And what is your further request? It shall also be done.”

‘He puts no trust even in His servants;And against His angels He charges error.

“His sons are far from safety,They are even oppressed in the gate,And there is no deliverer.

“From six troubles He will deliver you,Even in seven evil will not touch you.

“You would even cast lots for the orphansAnd barter over your friend.

“Desist now, let there be no injustice;Even desist, my righteousness is yet in it.

“Are the consolations of God too small for you,Even the word spoken gently with you?

“Even now, behold, my witness is in heaven,And my advocate is on high.

“My days are past, my plans are torn apart,Even the wishes of my heart.

“Even if I have truly erred,My error lodges with me.

“Even young children despise me;I rise up and they speak against me.

“Even after my skin is destroyed,Yet from my flesh I shall see God;

“Therefore my disquieting thoughts make me respond,Even because of my inward agitation.

“He flies away like a dream, and they cannot find him;Even like a vision of the night he is chased away.

“He returns what he has attainedAnd cannot swallow it;As to the riches of his trading,He cannot even enjoy them.

“It is drawn forth and comes out of his back,Even the glittering point from his gall.Terrors come upon him,

“This is the wicked man’s portion from God,Even the heritage decreed to him by God.”

“Even when I remember, I am disturbed,And horror takes hold of my flesh.

“They say to God, ‘Depart from us!We do not even desire the knowledge of Your ways.

While another dies with a bitter soul,Never even tasting anything good.

“Even today my complaint is rebellion;His hand is heavy despite my groaning.

“They are exalted a little while, then they are gone;Moreover, they are brought low and like everything gathered up;Even like the heads of grain they are cut off.

“If even the moon has no brightnessAnd the stars are not pure in His sight,

“Fools, even those without a name,They were scourged from the land.

“And now I have become their taunt,I have even become a byword to them.

“I even paid close attention to you;Indeed, there was no one who refuted Job,Not one of you who answered his words.

“Once I have spoken, and I will not answer;Even twice, and I will add nothing more.”

“Behold, your expectation is false;Will you be laid low even at the sight of him?

“His heart is as hard as a stone,Even as hard as a lower millstone.

The wicked will return to Sheol,Even all the nations who forget God.

They have all turned aside, together they have become corrupt;There is no one who does good, not even one.

They cried for help, but there was none to save,Even to the Lord, but He did not answer them.

All the prosperous of the earth will eat and worship,All those who go down to the dust will bow before Him,Even he who cannot keep his soul alive.

Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,I fear no evil, for You are with me;Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.

This is the generation of those who seek Him,Who seek Your face—even Jacob. Selah.

My heart throbs, my strength fails me;And the light of my eyes, even that has gone from me.

I was mute and silent,I refrained even from good,And my sorrow grew worse.

Even my close friend in whom I trusted,Who ate my bread,Has lifted up his heel against me.

Even those who trust in their wealthAnd boast in the abundance of their riches?

For he sees that even wise men die;The stupid and the senseless alike perishAnd leave their wealth to others.

Every one of them has turned aside; together they have become corrupt;There is no one who does good, not even one.

God will hear and answer them—Even the one who sits enthroned from of old— Selah.With whom there is no change,And who do not fear God.

My soul is among lions;I must lie among those who breathe forth fire,Even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrowsAnd their tongue a sharp sword.

On account of the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips,Let them even be caught in their pride,And on account of curses and lies which they utter.

You have ascended on high, You have led captive Your captives;You have received gifts among men,Even among the rebellious also, that the Lord God may dwell there.

Bless God in the congregations,Even the Lord, you who are of the fountain of Israel.

And even when I am old and gray, O God, do not forsake me,Until I declare Your strength to this generation,Your power to all who are to come.

I will also praise You with a harp,Even Your truth, O my God;To You I will sing praises with the lyre,O Holy One of Israel.

Why do You withdraw Your hand, even Your right hand?From within Your bosom, destroy them!

You, even You, are to be feared;And who may stand in Your presence when once You are angry?

That the generation to come might know, even the children yet to be born,That they may arise and tell them to their children,

When He rained meat upon them like the dust,Even winged fowl like the sand of the seas,

Even the shoot which Your right hand has planted,And on the son whom You have strengthened for Yourself.

My soul longed and even yearned for the courts of the Lord;My heart and my flesh sing for joy to the living God.

The bird also has found a house,And the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young,Even Your altars, O Lord of hosts,My King and my God.

Before the mountains were bornOr You gave birth to the earth and the world,Even from everlasting to everlasting, You are God.

For you have made the Lord, my refuge,Even the Most High, your dwelling place.

He who chastens the nations, will He not rebuke,Even He who teaches man knowledge?

“Even they will perish, but You endure;And all of them will wear out like a garment;Like clothing You will change them and they will be changed.

Their land swarmed with frogsEven in the chambers of their kings.

He spoke, and locusts came,And young locusts, even without number,

They even sacrificed their sons and their daughters to the demons,

Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel,From everlasting even to everlasting.And let all the people say, “Amen.”Praise the Lord!

A Song, a Psalm of David.My heart is steadfast, O God;I will sing, I will sing praises, even with my soul.

Even though princes sit and talk against me,Your servant meditates on Your statutes.

May those who fear You turn to me,Even those who know Your testimonies.

I have inclined my heart to perform Your statutesForever, even to the end.

To which the tribes go up, even the tribes of the Lord—An ordinance for Israel—To give thanks to the name of the Lord.

It is vain for you to rise up early,To retire late,To eat the bread of painful labors;For He gives to His beloved even in his sleep.

It is like the precious oil upon the head,Coming down upon the beard,Even Aaron’s beard,Coming down upon the edge of his robes.

Even a heritage to Israel His servant,For His lovingkindness is everlasting.

Even before there is a word on my tongue,Behold, O Lord, You know it all.

Even there Your hand will lead me,And Your right hand will lay hold of me.

Even the darkness is not dark to You,And the night is as bright as the day.Darkness and light are alike to You.

And He has lifted up a horn for His people,Praise for all His godly ones;Even for the sons of Israel, a people near to Him.Praise the Lord!

Let us swallow them alive like Sheol,Even whole, as those who go down to the pit;

I will also laugh at your calamity;I will mock when your dread comes,

For whom the Lord loves He reproves,Even as a father corrects the son in whom he delights.

“My fruit is better than gold, even pure gold,And my yield better than choicest silver.

Even in laughter the heart may be in pain,And the end of joy may be grief.

The poor is hated even by his neighbor,But those who love the rich are many.

The Lord has made everything for its own purpose,Even the wicked for the day of evil.

When a man’s ways are pleasing to the Lord,He makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.

Even a fool, when he keeps silent, is considered wise;When he closes his lips, he is considered prudent.

The sluggard buries his hand in the dish,But will not even bring it back to his mouth.

Train up a child in the way he should go,Even when he is old he will not depart from it.

Drive out the scoffer, and contention will go out,Even strife and dishonor will cease.

So that your trust may be in the Lord,I have taught you today, even you.

He who turns away his ear from listening to the law,Even his prayer is an abomination.

There are three things which are stately in their march,Even four which are stately when they walk:

Because all his days his task is painful and grievous; even at night his mind does not rest. This too is vanity.

He has made everything appropriate in its time. He has also set eternity in their heart, yet so that man will not find out the work which God has done from the beginning even to the end.

For he has come out of prison to become king, even though he was born poor in his kingdom.

There is no end to all the people, to all who were before them, and even the ones who will come later will not be happy with him, for this too is vanity and striving after wind.

If a man fathers a hundred children and lives many years, however many they be, but his soul is not satisfied with good things and he does not even have a proper burial, then I say, “Better the miscarriage than he,

Even if the other man lives a thousand years twice and does not enjoy good things—do not all go to one place?”

When I gave my heart to know wisdom and to see the task which has been done on the earth (even though one should never sleep day or night),