'May' in the Bible

In it was written, “It is reported among the [neighboring] nations, and Gashmu is saying that you and the Jews are planning to revolt, and that is the reason you are rebuilding the wall. And according to these reports, you are to be their king.

For they were hoping to put fear in us, saying, Their hands will become feeble and give up the work so that it may not get done. But now, O God, make my hands strong.

so that he is an hireling, that I may fear and do so, and I had sinned, and it had been to them for an evil name that they may reproach me.

Then the Levites—Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah—said, “Stand up. Praise Yahweh your God from everlasting to everlasting.”Praise Your glorious name,and may it be exalted above all blessing and praise.

You warned them so that they would return to your law. Yet they acted arrogantly and did not listen to your commandments but sinned against your judgments that a person must do so that they may live. They turned a stubborn shoulder and stiffened their neck and would not listen.

On that day the book of Moses was read aloud in the hearing of the people. They found written in it that no Ammonite or Moabite may ever enter the assembly of God,

If it please the king, let a royal order go forth from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes, that it may not pass, That Vashti come no more before king Ahasuerus; and let the king give her royal estate to another that is better than she;

And let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they may gather together all the fair young virgins unto Shushan the palace, to the house of the women, unto the custody of Hege the king's chamberlain, keeper of the women; and let their things for purification be given them:

If it please the king, let it be written that they may be destroyed: and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver to the hands of those that have the charge of the business, to bring it into the king's treasuries.

All the king's servants, and the people of the king's provinces, do know, that whosoever, whether man or woman, shall come unto the king into the inner court, who is not called, there is one law of his to put him to death, except such to whom the king shall hold out the golden sceptre, that he may live: but I have not been called to come in unto the king these thirty days.

"Don't imagine that because you are part of the king's household you will be the one Jew who will escape. If you keep quiet at this time, liberation and protection for the Jews will appear from another source, while you and your father's household perish. It may very well be that you have achieved royal status for such a time as this!"

“If it pleases the king,” Esther replied, “may the king and Haman come today to the banquet I have prepared for them.”

Then the king said, Cause Haman to make haste, that he may do as Esther hath said. So the king and Haman came to the banquet that Esther had prepared.

If the king approves of me and if it pleases the king to grant my petition and perform my request, may the king and Haman come to the banquet I will prepare for them. Tomorrow I will do what the king has asked.”

Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends unto him, Let a gallows be made of fifty cubits high, and to morrow speak thou unto the king that Mordecai may be hanged thereon: then go thou in merrily with the king unto the banquet. And the thing pleased Haman; and he caused the gallows to be made.

And let this apparel and horse be delivered to the hand of one of the king's most noble princes, that they may array the man withal whom the king delighteth to honour, and bring him on horseback through the street of the city, and proclaim before him, Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delighteth to honour.

For how is it possible for me to see the evil which is to overtake my nation? how may I see the destruction of my people?

Write ye also for the Jews, as it liketh you, in the king's name, and seal it with the king's ring: for the writing which is written in the king's name, and sealed with the king's ring, may no man reverse.

Esther answered, “If it pleases the king, may the Jews who are in Susa also have tomorrow to carry out today’s law, and may the bodies of Haman’s 10 sons be hung on the gallows.”

And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all: for Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts. Thus did Job continually.

Then the LORD told Satan, "Very well then, everything he owns is under your control, only you may not extend your hand against him." So Satan left the LORD's presence.

and exclaimed: "I left my mother's womb naked, and I will return to God naked. The LORD has given, and the LORD has taken. May the name of the LORD be blessed."

May the day I was born perish,and the night when they said,“A boy is conceived.”

If only that day had turned to darkness!May God above not care about it,or light shine on it.

May darkness and gloom reclaim it,and a cloud settle over it.May an eclipse of the sun terrify it.

If only darkness had taken that night away!May it not appear among the days of the yearor be listed in the calendar.

Yes, may that night be barren;may no joyful shout be heard in it.

May its morning stars grow dark.May it wait for daylight but have none;may it not see the breaking of dawn.

The lion may roar and the fierce lion growl,but the fangs of young lions are broken.

May a man be upright before God? or a man be clean before his Maker?

To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety.

O that my request may come, That God may grant my hope!

Or, Get me out of the power of my hater? or, Give money so that I may be free from the power of the cruel ones?

My words may seem wrong to you, but the words of him who has no hope are for the wind.

“Now please look at me,And see if I lie to your face [for you know that I would not].

How long will it be before your eyes are turned away from me, so that I may have a minute's breathing-space?

Your beginning may be small, but later years will be very great.

If he puts out his hand to take, by whom may it be turned back? who may say to him, What are you doing?

God's wrath may not be turned back; the helpers of Rahab were bent down under him.

How much less may I give an answer to him, using the right words in argument with him?

“For He is not a man as I am that I may answer Him,That we may go to court together.

“There is no umpire between us,Who may lay his hand upon us both.

May he remove his rod from me, and let his dread not terrify me;

Are not my days few? cease then, and let me alone, that I may take comfort a little,

You may say, My way is clean, and I am free from sin in your eyes.

If he goes on his way, shutting a man up and putting him to death, who may make him go back from his purpose?

"Wisdom may be found in the company of the aged. Understanding comes with longevity.

Truly, there is no building up of what is pulled down by him; when a man is shut up by him, no one may let him loose.

“But I wish to speak to the Almighty,And I desire to argue with God.

Will it be good for you to be searched out by him, or have you the thought that he may be guided into error like a man?

Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak, and let come on me what will.

“This also will be my salvation,For a godless man may not come before His presence.

If his days are ordered, and you have knowledge of the number of his months, having given him a fixed limit past which he may not go;

Turn from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as an hireling, his day.

Although its roots may grow old in the ground and its stump begins to die in the soil,

His children may [come to] honor, but he does not know [it]; or they may become lowly, but he does not realize it.

What is man, that he may be clean? and how may the son of woman be upright?

He wandereth abroad for bread, where may it be? He knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.

May words which are like the wind be stopped? or what is troubling you to make answer to them?

Earth, do not cover my blood;may my cry for help find no resting place.

So that he may give decision for a man in his cause with God, and between a son of man and his neighbour.

To the parts of Sheol ye go down, If together on the dust we may rest.

My way is walled up by him so that I may not go by: he has made my roads dark.

Who doth grant now, That my words may be written? Who doth grant that in a book they may be graven?

With a pen of iron and lead -- For ever in a rock they may be hewn.

Be ye afraid of the sword: for wrath bringeth the punishments of the sword, that ye may know there is a judgment.

His bones may be full of youthful vigor,but will lie down with him in the grave.

He is forced to give back the fruit of his work, and may not take it for food; he has no joy in the profit of his trading.

“He may flee from the iron weapon,But the bronze bow will pierce him.

Suffer me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on.

I -- to man is my complaint? and if so, wherefore May not my temper become short?

What is the Ruler of all, that we may give him worship? and what profit is it to us to make prayer to him?

May they become like a straw, blown away before the wind; like a chaff that's swept off by a storm.

God reserves a person’s punishment for his children.Let God repay the person himself, so that he may know it.

Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself?

"For when they're humbled, you may respond; "It's their pride!' but he delivers the humble.

He who is purposing death gets up before day, so that he may put to death the poor and those in need.

God may let them rest in a feeling of security, but he is constantly watching all their ways.

How then is it possible for man to be upright before God? or how may he be clean who is a son of woman?

May my enemy be like the wickedand my opponent like the unjust.

Though he may get silver together like dust, and make ready great stores of clothing;

He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.

Food may come from the earth,but below the surface the earth is transformed as by fire.

He dams up the streams from flowingso that he may bring to light what is hidden.

But where may wisdom be seen? and where is the resting-place of knowledge?

Gold may not be given for it, or a weight of silver in payment for it.

It may not be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the onyx of great price, or the sapphire.

Gold and glass are not equal to it in price, and it may not be exchanged for jewels of the best gold.

The topaz of Ethiopia is not equal to it, and it may not be valued with the best gold.

Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know mine integrity.

then let my wife cook for another person and may someone else sleep with her,

What then will I do when God comes as my judge? and what answer may I give to his questions?

then let my arm fall from its socket; and may my arm be torn off at the shoulder.

For I'm terrified of what calamity God may have in store for me; and I cannot endure his grandeur."

may thorns spring up instead of wheat, and obnoxious weeds instead of barley." With this, Job's discourse with his friends is completed.

“The abundant in years may not be wise,Nor may elders understand justice.

That ye may not say, We have found out wisdom; God will make him yield, not man.

I will speak, that I may be refreshed: I will open my lips and answer.

“However, Job, please listen to my words,And pay attention to everything I say.

For God speaks time and again,but a person may not notice it.