'One' in the Bible

Now some from the heads of the {families} gave to the work. The governor gave to the storehouse one thousand darics of gold, fifty basins, and five hundred and thirty priestly tunics.

All of the people gathered as one to the public square before the Water Gate. They asked Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses that Yahweh had commanded Israel.

Now the commanders of the people lived in Jerusalem, but the remainder of the people cast lots to bring one out of ten to live in the holy city of Jerusalem, the [other] nine's place [was in] the [other] cities.

These are the heads of the province who lived in Jerusalem, but in the cities of Judah each one lived on his property in their cities: Israel, the priests, the Levites, the temple servants, and the descendants of Solomon's servants.

and their brothers; mighty warriors of strength, one hundred and twenty-eight. The chief officer over them [was] Zabdiel son of Hagedolim.

The gatekeepers: Akkub, Talmon, and their brothers, the keepers of the gates, one hundred and seventy-two.

Then I brought the commanders of Judah up on to the wall. I appointed two great choirs; [one went in] a procession to the right on the wall to the Dung Gate.

Before this, Eliashib the priest who was appointed over the chambers of the house of our God--the one related to Tobiah--

One from the sons of Jehoiada, son of the high priest Eliashib, [who was] the son-in-law of Sanballat the Horonote [was there]. I chased him away from me.

And it happened in the days of Ahasuerus, the Ahasuerus who reigned from India to Cush--[over] one hundred and twenty-seven provinces.

as he displayed the wealth of the glory of his kingdom and the glorious splendor of his greatness [for] many days, one hundred and eighty days.

There were no restrictions on the drinking, for the king had instructed every official of his palace to do as each one pleased.

Letters [were] sent by couriers to all the provinces of the king to destroy, to kill, and to annihilate all the Jews, {both young and old}, women and children, on one day, the thirteenth day of the month, that [is] Adar, and to plunder their goods.

"All the king's servants and the people of the king's provinces know that [if] any man or woman who goes to the king to the inner courtyard, who is not called, he has one law, to be killed, except if the king extends to him the gold scepter so that he may live. I have not been called to come to the king {for thirty days}."

And Habrona, one of the eunuchs in the presence of the king, said, "Look, the same gallows that Haman had prepared for Mordecai who spoke good [for the sake] of the king stands at Haman's house, fifty cubits high." And the king said, "Hang him on it."

And the secretaries of the king were summoned at that time, in the third month, which [is] in the month of Sivan on the twenty-third [day], and [an edict] was written according to all that Mordecai commanded, to the Jews and to the governors and satraps and officials of the provinces from India to Cush--one hundred and twenty-seven provinces--each province according to its own script and to every people in their own {language}, and to the Jews in their own script and language.

in one day in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus, on the thirteenth [day] of the twelfth month, which is the month of Adar.

the Jews gathered in their cities in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus {to strike against} those who sought their destruction, and no one could withstand them, as the fear of them fell on all the people.

He sent letters of words of peace and truth to all the Jews, to the one hundred and twenty-seven provinces of Ahasuerus' kingdom,

And it happened {one day} {that} the sons of God came to present themselves before Yahweh, and Satan also came into their midst.

So Yahweh said to Satan, "Have you {considered} my servant Job? Indeed, there is no one like him on the earth--a blameless man and upright and God-fearing and turning away from evil."

And then [there] was one day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their firstborn brother's house.

While this one was still speaking, {another} came and said, "The fire of God fell from the heavens, and it blazed up against the sheep and goats and against the servants, and it consumed them. But I escaped, [even] I alone, to tell you."

While this one was still speaking, {another} came and said, "The Chaldeans formed three divisions, and they made a raid on the camels, and they carried them away, and they struck your servants {by the edge of the sword}, but I escaped, [even] I alone, to tell you."

At the time this one was speaking, {another} came and said, "Your sons and your daughters were eating and drinking wine in their firstborn brother's house.

{And then} one day the sons of God came to present themselves before Yahweh, and Satan also came into their midst to present himself before Yahweh.

So Yahweh {asked} Satan, "Have you {considered} my servant Job? Indeed, there is no one like him on the earth--a blameless man and upright and God-fearing and turning away from evil. And still he persists in his blamelessness {even though} you incited me against him to destroy him for nothing."

So he said to her, "You speak like one of the foolish women speaks. Indeed, should we receive the good from God, but not receive the evil?" In all this, Job did not sin with his lips.

Then they sat with him on the ground [for] seven days and seven nights, but no one spoke a word to him because they saw that {his} suffering was very great.

"Why does he give light to one in misery and life to [those] bitter of soul,

Your words have raised up [the one who] stumbles, and you have strengthened knees giving way.

the one who is giving rain on [the] {surface of} [the] earth and is sending water on [the] {surface of} [the] fields,

But it will still be my consolation, and I would recoil in {unrelenting} pain, for I have not denied [the] words of [the] Holy One.

The eye of [the one] seeing me will not see me; your eyes [are] upon me, but {I will be gone}.

If he wants to contend with him, he cannot answer him one [time] in a thousand.

"[He is the one] who moves mountains, and they do not know [how], who overturns them in his anger.

[He is the one] who shakes [the] earth from its place, and its pillars tremble.

[He is the one] who commands the sun, and it does not rise, {and he seals up the stars}.

[He is the one] who alone stretches out [the] heavens and [who] tramples on [the] waves of [the] sea.

[He is the one] who made [the] Bear [and] Orion, [the] Pleiades and [the] constellations of [the] south.

[He is the one] who does great things {beyond understanding} and marvelous things {beyond number}.

It [is all] one; therefore I say, 'He destroys [both the] blameless and [the] wicked.'

Should your loose talk put people to silence? {And when you mock, shall no one put you to shame}?

And you will lie down, and {no one will make you afraid}; {and many will entreat your favor}.

Even on such a one you fix your eyes, and you bring me into judgment with you.

"Who can bring a clean [thing] from an unclean [thing]? No one!

"What [is] a human being, that he can be clean, or that [one] born of a woman can be righteous?

God delivers me to an evil one, and he casts me into the hands of [the] wicked.

"And he has made me a proverb for [the] peoples, {and I am one before whom people spit}.

and he has kindled his wrath against me, and {he has counted me as one of his foes}.

This [one] dies {in full prosperity}, {completely} at ease and secure.

[The] righteous see, and they rejoice, but [the] innocent [one] mocks at them.

"He himself [is] swift on [the] water's surface; their portion is cursed in the land. {No one turns toward the path of their vineyards}.

"How you have helped {one who has no power}! [How] you have assisted [the] arm {that has no strength}!

How you have advised {one who has no wisdom}! And [what] sound wisdom you have made known {in abundance}!

I chose their way, and I sat [as] head, and I dwelled like a king among the troops, like [one] who comforts mourners.

Is not disaster for [the] evil one and ruin for [the] workers of mischief?

Did not he [who] made me in the womb make them? And did not one fashion us in the womb?

if I have seen [the one who] perishes because of no clothing or [that] there is no covering for the poor,

"If I have rejoiced at [the] ruin of [the one who] hated me or have exulted when evil overtook him--

And I directed my attention to you; and, look, there is no [one] for Job [who] refuted, answering his words among you.

Indeed, God speaks in one [way], even in two, [yet] [someone] does not perceive it.

"If there is a messenger beside him, a mediator, one of a thousand, to declare to a human being his uprightness

Shall [he who] hates justice really govern? Or will you declare [the] Righteous One, the Mighty, guilty?--

the one who says to a king, 'You worthless man,' to noblemen, 'You wicked man,'

But no one says, 'Where [is] God my Maker, [who] gives songs in the night,

for truly my words [are] not falsehood; [one who has] perfect knowledge [is] with you.

Do you know about the hovering of the clouds, {the marvelous works of the one with perfect knowledge}?

to bring rain on a land {where no one lives}, a desert {where no humans live},

"It [is] the first of God's actions; the [one who] made him furnishes [it with] his sword.

"Look, {the hope of capturing it} is false. Will one be hurled down even at its sight?

They are close {to one another}-- even [the] air cannot come between them.

They are joined {one to another}; they cling together and cannot be separated.

Behind it, {it leaves a glistening wake}; one would think [that] the deep [has] gray hair.

So all his brothers and all his sisters and all [those who] had known him {before} came to him, and they ate bread with him in his house and showed sympathy to him and comforted him for all the disaster that Yahweh had brought upon him. Then each one gave to him one piece of money, and each one [gave to him] one ornamental ring of gold.

And Job lived after this one hundred and forty years, and he saw his sons and his {grandsons} [for] four generations.

But you, Yahweh, [are] a shield around me, my glory and the one who lifts up my head.

But know that Yahweh has set apart for himself [the] faithful one. Yahweh hears when I call to him.

for [the] wicked boasts about the desire of his {heart}, and [the] one greedy for gain curses [and] treats Yahweh with contempt.

Yahweh looks down from heaven upon the children of humankind to see whether there is one who has insight, one who cares about God.

All have gone astray; they are altogether corrupt. There is not one who does good; there is not even one.

In his eyes a rejected one [is] contemptible, but he honors those who respect Yahweh. He takes an oath to [his own] injury and does not retract it.

for you will not abandon my soul to Sheol; you will not give your faithful one to see [the] grave.

the one who makes great victories for his king, and [who] shows loyal love for his anointed, to David and to his descendants forever.

Its rising [is] from [one] end of the heavens and its circuit to the [other] end of them; and nothing [is] hidden from its heat.

One [thing] I have asked from Yahweh; it I will seek: [that] I may dwell in the house of Yahweh all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of Yahweh, and to consider his temple.

Yahweh [is] their strength, and he [is] the refuge for the salvation of his anointed one.

I have become forgotten like [one] dead, out of {mind}. I am like a destroyed vessel.

Love Yahweh, all you his faithful ones. Yahweh preserves [the] faithful but repays abundantly [the] one who acts arrogantly.

Many are [the] pains of the wicked, but [for] the one who trusts Yahweh loyal love surrounds him.

The plan of Yahweh stands firm forever, the intents of his heart {from one generation to the next}.

[He] protects all his bones; not one of them is broken.

All of my bones shall say, "O Yahweh, who [is] like you, who delivers [the] poor from [one] stronger than he and [the] poor and needy from [the one who] robs him?"

I {behaved} as [though he were] a friend [or] as a brother to me. As one lamenting a mother, I was bowed down [in] mourning.

Be quiet before Yahweh and wait for him. Do not fret about one who succeeds [in] his way, about a man making plots.

Blessed [is the one who] has regard for [the] poor; in [the] day of disaster, Yahweh delivers him.

And when one comes to see [me], he speaks falsely; his heart gathers disaster for itself. He goes out to the street; he speaks.

Gird your sword on [your] thigh, O mighty one, [in] your splendor and your majesty.

God looks down from heaven upon the children of humankind to see whether there is one who has insight, one who seeks God.

{All of them} have turned back. They are altogether corrupt. There is none who does good; there is not even one.