16-NEHEMIAH
16-1:1 The
words of Nehemiah the son of Hachaliah. And it came to pass in the month
Chisleu, in the twentieth year, as I was in
Shushan the palace,
16-1:2 That
Hanani, one of my brethren, came, he and certain
men of Judah; and I asked them concerning
the Jews that had escaped, which were left of the captivity, and concerning
Jerusalem.
16-1:4 And
it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven,
16-1:5 And
said, I beseech thee, O LORD God of heaven, the
great and terrible God, that keepeth covenant and mercy for them that love him
and observe his commandments:
16-1:6 Let
thine ear now be attentive, and thine eyes open, that thou mayest hear the
prayer of thy servant, which I pray before thee
now, day and night, for the children of Israel thy servants, and confess the
sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against thee: both I and my father’s house have sinned.
16-1:8 Remember,
I beseech thee, the word that thou commandedst
thy servant Moses, saying, If ye
transgress, I will scatter you abroad among the
nations:
16-1:9 But
if ye turn unto me, and keep my
commandments, and do them; though there were of you cast out unto the uttermost
part of the heaven, yet will I gather them from thence, and will bring them unto
the place that I have chosen to set my name
there.
16-1:11 O
Lord, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be
attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants, who
desire to fear thy name: and prosper, I pray
thee, thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. For I was the king’s cupbearer.
16-2:1 And
it came to pass in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the
king, that wine was before him: and I took up the
wine, and gave it unto the king. Now I had not been beforetime
sad in his presence.
16-2:2 Wherefore
the king said unto me, Why is thy
countenance sad, seeing thou art not
sick? this is nothing else but sorrow of heart. Then I was very sore afraid,
16-2:4 Then
the king said unto me, For what dost thou make request? So I prayed to the God of heaven.
16-2:5 And
I said unto the king, If it please the king, and
if thy servant have found favour in thy sight, that thou wouldest send me unto
Judah, unto the city of my fathers’ sepulchres, that I
may build it.
16-2:6 And
the king said unto me, (the queen also sitting by him,) For how long shall thy
journey be? and when wilt thou return? So it pleased the king to send me; and I set him a time.
16-2:7 Moreover
I said unto the king, If it please the king, let
letters be given me to the governors beyond the river, that they may convey me
over till I come into Judah;
16-2:8 And
a letter unto Asaph the keeper of the king’s forest, that he may give me timber
to make beams for the gates of the palace which appertained to the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the
house that I shall enter into. And the king granted
me, according to the good hand of my God upon me.
16-2:9 Then
I came to the governors beyond the river, and
gave them the king’s letters. Now the king had sent captains of the army and
horsemen with me.
16-2:11 So
I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days.
16-2:12 And
I arose in the night, I
and some few men with me; neither told I any man what my God had put in my heart
to do at Jerusalem: neither was there any
beast with me, save the beast that I rode
upon.
16-2:13 And
I went out by night by the gate of the valley,
even before the dragon well, and to the dung port, and viewed the walls of
Jerusalem, which were broken down, and the gates thereof were consumed with
fire.
16-2:14 Then
I went on to the gate of the fountain, and to
the king’s pool: but there was no
place for the beast that was under me
to pass.
16-2:15 Then
went I up in the night by the brook, and viewed
the wall, and turned back, and entered by the gate of the valley, and so returned.
16-2:16 And
the rulers knew not whither I went, or what I did; neither had I as
yet told it to the Jews, nor to the
priests, nor to the nobles, nor to the rulers, nor to the rest that did the
work.
16-2:17 Then
said I unto them, Ye see the distress that we are in, how Jerusalem lieth waste, and the gates thereof are
burned with fire: come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be
no more a reproach.
16-2:18 Then
I told them of the hand of my God which was good
upon me; as also the king’s words that he had spoken unto me. And they said,
Let us rise up and build. So they strengthened their hands for this good work.
16-2:20 Then
answered I them, and said unto them, The God of
heaven, he will prosper us; therefore we his servants will arise and build: but
ye have no portion, nor right, nor memorial, in Jerusalem.
16-4:13 Therefore
set I in the lower places behind the wall, and on the higher places, I even set the people after their families with their
swords, their spears, and their bows.
16-4:14 And
I looked, and rose up, and said unto the nobles,
and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, Be not ye afraid of them:
remember the Lord, which is great and
terrible, and fight for your brethren, your sons, and your daughters, your
wives, and your houses.
16-4:19 And
I said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and
to the rest of the people, The work is great
and large, and we are separated upon the wall, one far from another.
16-4:22 Likewise
at the same time said I unto the people, Let
every one with his servant lodge within Jerusalem, that in the night they may
be a guard to us, and labour on the day.
16-4:23 So
neither I, nor my brethren, nor my servants, nor
the men of the guard which followed me, none of us put off our clothes, saving that every one put them off for
washing.
16-5:6 And
I was very angry when I
heard their cry and these words.
16-5:7 Then
I consulted with myself, and I rebuked the nobles, and the rulers, and said unto
them, Ye exact usury, every one of his brother. And I
set a great assembly against them.
16-5:8 And
I said unto them, We after our ability have
redeemed our brethren the Jews, which were sold unto the heathen; and will ye
even sell your brethren? or shall they be sold unto us? Then held they their
peace, and found nothing to answer.
16-5:9 Also
I said, It is
not good that ye do: ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God because of
the reproach of the heathen our enemies?
16-5:10 I likewise, and my
brethren, and my servants, might exact of them money and corn: I pray you, let us leave off this usury.
16-5:11 Restore,
I pray you, to them, even this day, their lands,
their vineyards, their oliveyards, and their houses, also the hundredth part of the money, and of the corn, the
wine, and the oil, that ye exact of them.
16-5:12 Then
said they, We will restore them, and
will require nothing of them; so will we do as thou sayest. Then I called the priests, and took an oath of them, that
they should do according to this promise.
16-5:13 Also
I shook my lap, and said, So God shake out every
man from his house, and from his labour, that performeth not this promise, even
thus be he shaken out, and emptied. And all the congregation said, Amen, and
praised the LORD. And the people did according to this promise.
16-5:14 Moreover
from the time that I was appointed to be their
governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year even unto the two and
thirtieth year of Artaxerxes the king, that
is, twelve years, I and my brethren have not
eaten the bread of the governor.
16-5:15 But
the former governors that had been before
me were chargeable unto the people, and had taken of them bread and wine,
beside forty shekels of silver; yea, even their servants bare rule over the
people: but so did not I, because of the fear of
God.
16-5:16 Yea,
also I continued in the work of this wall,
neither bought we any land: and all my servants were gathered thither unto the work.
16-5:18 Now
that which was prepared for me daily was one ox and six choice
sheep; also fowls were prepared for me, and once in ten days store of all sorts
of wine: yet for all this required not I the
bread of the governor, because the bondage was heavy upon this people.
16-5:19 Think
upon me, my God, for good, according to
all that I have done for this people.
16-6:1 Now
it came to pass, when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and Geshem the Arabian, and the
rest of our enemies, heard that I had builded
the wall, and that there was no
breach left therein; (though at that time I had not
set up the doors upon the gates;)
16-6:3 And
I sent messengers unto them, saying, I am doing a
great work, so that I cannot come down: why
should the work cease, whilst I leave it, and
come down to you?
16-6:4 Yet
they sent unto me four times after this sort; and I
answered them after the same manner.
16-6:8 Then
I sent unto him, saying, There are no such
things done as thou sayest, but thou feignest them out of thine own heart.
16-6:10 Afterward
I came unto the house of Shemaiah the son of
Delaiah the son of Mehetabeel, who was shut
up; and he said, Let us meet together in the house of God, within the temple,
and let us shut the doors of the temple: for they will come to slay thee; yea,
in the night will they come to slay thee.
16-6:11 And
I said, Should such a man as I flee? and who is
there, that, being as I am, would
go into the temple to save his life? I will not
go in.
16-6:12 And,
lo, I perceived that God had not sent him; but
that he pronounced this prophecy against me: for Tobiah and Sanballat had hired
him.
16-6:13 Therefore
was he hired, that I should be afraid, and do so, and sin, and that they might have matter for an evil report, that they
might reproach me.
16-7:1 Now
it came to pass, when the wall was built, and I
had set up the doors, and the porters and the singers and the Levites were
appointed,
16-7:2 That
I gave my brother Hanani, and Hananiah the ruler
of the palace, charge over Jerusalem: for he was a faithful man, and feared God above many.
16-7:3 And
I said unto them, Let not the gates of Jerusalem
be opened until the sun be hot; and while they stand by, let them shut the
doors, and bar them: and appoint
watches of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, every one in his watch, and every one to be over against his house.
16-7:5 And
my God put into mine heart to gather together the nobles, and the rulers, and
the people, that they might be reckoned by genealogy. And I found a register of the genealogy of them which came
up at the first, and found written therein,
16-7:7 Who
came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai,
Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, Baanah. The number, I say, of the men of the people of
Israel was this;
16-9:8 And
foundest his heart faithful before thee, and madest a covenant with him to give
the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and
the Jebusites, and the Girgashites, to give it,
I say, to his seed, and hast performed thy
words; for thou art righteous:
16-12:31 Then
I brought up the princes of Judah upon the wall,
and appointed two great companies of them
that gave thanks, whereof one went
on the right hand upon the wall toward the dung gate:
16-12:38 And
the other company of them that gave thanks
went over against them, and I after them, and the half of the people upon the
wall, from beyond the tower of the furnaces even unto the broad wall;
16-12:40 So
stood the two companies of them that gave
thanks in the house of God, and I, and the
half of the rulers with me:
16-13:6 But
in all this time was not I at Jerusalem: for in the two and thirtieth year of
Artaxerxes king of Babylon came I unto the king,
and after certain days obtained I leave of the
king:
16-13:7 And
I came to Jerusalem, and understood of the evil that
Eliashib did for Tobiah, in preparing him a chamber in the courts of the house
of God.
16-13:8 And
it grieved me sore: therefore I cast forth all
the household stuff of Tobiah out of the chamber.
16-13:9 Then
I commanded, and they cleansed the chambers: and
thither brought I again the vessels of the house
of God, with the meat offering and the frankincense.
16-13:10 And
I perceived that the portions of the Levites had
not been given them: for the Levites
and the singers, that did the work, were fled every one to his field.
16-13:11 Then
contended I with the rulers, and said, Why is
the house of God forsaken? And I gathered them
together, and set them in their place.
16-13:13 And
I made treasurers over the treasuries, Shelemiah
the priest, and Zadok the scribe, and of the Levites, Pedaiah: and next to them
was Hanan the son of Zaccur, the son
of Mattaniah: for they were counted faithful, and their office was to distribute unto their brethren.
16-13:14 Remember
me, O my God, concerning this, and wipe not out my good deeds that I have done for the house of my God, and for the
offices thereof.
16-13:15 In
those days saw I in Judah some treading wine presses on the sabbath, and bringing in sheaves,
and lading asses; as also wine, grapes, and figs, and all manner of burdens, which they brought into Jerusalem on the sabbath
day: and I testified against them in the day wherein they sold victuals.
16-13:17 Then
I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said
unto them, What evil thing is this
that ye do, and profane the sabbath day?
16-13:19 And
it came to pass, that when the gates of Jerusalem began to be dark before the
sabbath, I commanded that the gates should be
shut, and charged that they should not be opened till after the sabbath: and some of my servants set I at the gates, that
there should no burden be brought in on the sabbath day.
16-13:21 Then
I testified against them, and said unto them,
Why lodge ye about the wall? if ye do so again,
I will lay hands on you. From that time forth
came they no more on the sabbath.
16-13:22 And
I commanded the Levites that they should cleanse
themselves, and that they should come
and keep the gates, to sanctify the
sabbath day. Remember me, O my God, concerning
this also, and spare me according to the greatness of thy mercy.
16-13:23 In
those days also saw I Jews that had married wives of Ashdod, of Ammon, and of Moab:
16-13:25 And
I contended with them, and cursed them, and
smote certain of them, and plucked off their hair, and made them swear by God, saying, Ye shall not give your daughters
unto their sons, nor take their daughters unto your sons, or for yourselves.
16-13:28 And
one of the sons of Joiada, the son of
Eliashib the high priest, was son in
law to Sanballat the Horonite: therefore I
chased him from me.
16-13:30 Thus
cleansed I them from all strangers, and
appointed the wards of the priests and the Levites, every one in his business;
17-ESTHER
17-3:9 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.
17-4:11 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.
17-4:16 Go,
gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me,
and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I
also and my maidens will fast likewise; and so will I
go in unto the king, which is not
according to the law: and if I perish, I perish.
17-5:4 And
Esther answered, If it seem good unto
the king, let the king and Haman come this day unto the banquet that I have prepared for him.
17-5:8 If
I have found favour in the sight of the king,
and if it please the king to grant my petition, and to perform my request, let
the king and Haman come to the banquet that I
shall prepare for them, and I will do to morrow
as the king hath said.
17-5:12 Haman
said moreover, Yea, Esther the queen did let no man come in with the king unto
the banquet that she had prepared but myself; and to morrow am I invited unto her also with the king.
17-5:13 Yet
all this availeth me nothing, so long as I see
Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king’s gate.
17-7:3 Then
Esther the queen answered and said, If I have
found favour in thy sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be
given me at my petition, and my people at my request:
17-7:4 For
we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed,
to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my tongue, although the enemy could not
countervail the king’s damage.
17-8:5 And
said, If it please the king, and if I have found
favour in his sight, and the thing seem right
before the king, and I be pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to reverse the letters
devised by Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to destroy
the Jews which are in all the king’s
provinces:
17-8:6 For
how can I endure to see the evil that shall come
unto my people? or how can I endure to see the
destruction of my kindred?
17-8:7 Then
the king Ahasuerus said unto Esther the queen and to Mordecai the Jew, Behold, I have given Esther the house of Haman, and him they
have hanged upon the gallows, because he laid his hand upon the Jews.
18-JOB
18-1:15 And
the Sabeans fell upon them, and took them
away; yea, they have slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.
18-1:16 While
he was yet speaking, there came also
another, and said, The fire of God is fallen from heaven, and hath burned up
the sheep, and the servants, and consumed them; and I
only am escaped alone to tell thee.
18-1:17 While
he was yet speaking, there came also
another, and said, The Chaldeans made out three bands, and fell upon the
camels, and have carried them away, yea, and slain the servants with the edge
of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to
tell thee.
18-1:19 And,
behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness, and smote the four corners
of the house, and it fell upon the young men, and they are dead; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.
18-1:21 And
said, Naked came I out of my mother’s womb, and
naked shall I return thither: the LORD gave, and
the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.
18-3:3 Let
the day perish wherein I was born, and the night
in which it was said, There is a man
child conceived.
18-3:11 Why
died I not from the womb? why did I not give up the ghost when I came
out of the belly?
18-3:12 Why
did the knees prevent me? or why the breasts that I
should suck?
18-3:13 For
now should I have lain still and been quiet, I should have slept: then had I
been at rest,
18-3:16 Or
as an hidden untimely birth I had not been; as
infants which never saw light.
18-3:24 For
my sighing cometh before I eat, and my roarings
are poured out like the waters.
18-3:25 For
the thing which I greatly feared is come upon
me, and that which I was afraid of is come unto
me.
18-3:26 I was not in safety, neither had I rest, neither was I
quiet; yet trouble came.
18-4:7 Remember,
I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off?
18-4:8 Even
as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow
wickedness, reap the same.
18-4:16 It
stood still, but I could not discern the form
thereof: an image was before mine
eyes, there was silence, and I heard a voice, saying,
18-5:3 I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
18-5:8 I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause:
18-6:8 Oh
that I might have my request; and that God would
grant me the thing that I long for!
18-6:10 Then
should I yet have comfort; yea, I would harden myself in sorrow: let him not spare;
for I have not concealed the words of the Holy
One.
18-6:11 What
is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine end, that I should prolong
my life?
18-6:22 Did
I say, Bring unto me? or, Give a reward for me
of your substance?
18-6:24 Teach
me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to
understand wherein I have erred.
18-6:28 Now
therefore be content, look upon me; for it
is evident unto you if I lie.
18-6:29 Return,
I pray you, let it not be iniquity; yea, return
again, my righteousness is in it.
18-7:3 So
am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome
nights are appointed to me.
18-7:4 When
I lie down, I
say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone?
and I am full of tossings to and fro unto the
dawning of the day.
18-7:8 The
eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no more: thine eyes are upon
me, and I am
not.
18-7:11 Therefore
I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
18-7:12 Am I a
sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch over me?
18-7:13 When
I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall
ease my complaint;
18-7:16 I loathe it; I would not live alway: let me alone; for my days are vanity.
18-7:19 How
long wilt thou not depart from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?
18-7:20 I have sinned; what shall I
do unto thee, O thou preserver of men? why hast thou set me as a mark against
thee, so that I am a burden to myself?
18-7:21 And
why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? for now
shall I sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek
me in the morning, but I shall not be.
18-8:8 For
enquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and
prepare thyself to the search of their fathers:
18-8:18 If
he destroy him from his place, then it shall
deny him, saying, I have not seen thee.
18-9:2 I know it is so
of a truth: but how should man be just with God?
18-9:11 Lo,
he goeth by me, and I see him not: he passeth on also, but I
perceive him not.
18-9:14 How
much less shall I answer him, and choose out my words to reason with him?
18-9:15 Whom,
though I were righteous, yet would I not answer, but I
would make supplication to my judge.
18-9:16 If
I had called, and he had answered me; yet would I
not believe that he had hearkened unto my voice.
18-9:19 If
I speak of
strength, lo, he is strong: and if of
judgment, who shall set me a time to
plead?
18-9:20 If
I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn
me: if I
say, I am
perfect, it shall also prove me perverse.
18-9:21 Though I were perfect, yet would I not know my soul: I would despise my life.
18-9:22 This
is one thing, therefore I said it, He destroyeth the perfect and the
wicked.
18-9:27 If
I say, I will
forget my complaint, I will leave off my
heaviness, and comfort myself:
18-9:28 I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent.
18-9:29 If I be
wicked, why then labour I in vain?
18-9:30 If
I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands
never so clean;
18-9:32 For
he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, and we should come together in judgment.
18-9:35 Then would I
speak, and not fear him; but it is not
so with me.
18-10:1 My
soul is weary of my life; I will leave my
complaint upon myself; I will speak in the
bitterness of my soul.
18-10:2 I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; shew me
wherefore thou contendest with me.
18-10:7 Thou
knowest that I am not wicked; and there is none that can deliver out of
thine hand.
18-10:9 Remember,
I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the
clay; and wilt thou bring me into dust again?
18-10:13 And
these things hast thou hid in thine
heart: I know that this is with thee.
18-10:14 If
I sin, then thou markest me, and thou wilt not
acquit me from mine iniquity.
18-10:15 If
I be wicked, woe unto me; and if I be
righteous, yet will I not lift up my head. I am full of confusion; therefore
see thou mine affliction;
18-10:18 Wherefore
then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb? Oh that I had given up the ghost, and no eye had seen me!
18-10:19 I should have been as though I
had not been; I should have been carried from
the womb to the grave.
18-10:20 Are not my days few? cease then, and let me alone, that I may take comfort a little,
18-10:21 Before
I go whence
I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;
18-11:4 For
thou hast said, My doctrine is pure,
and I am clean in thine eyes.
18-12:3 But
I have understanding as well as you; I am not
inferior to you: yea, who knoweth not such things as these?
18-12:4 I am as one
mocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the just
upright man is laughed to scorn.
18-13:2 What
ye know, the same do I know also: I am not inferior unto you.
18-13:3 Surely
I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.
18-13:13 Hold
your peace, let me alone, that I may speak, and
let come on me what will.
18-13:14 Wherefore
do I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life
in mine hand?
18-13:15 Though
he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him.
18-13:18 Behold
now, I have ordered my cause; I know that I shall be justified.
18-13:19 Who
is he that will plead with me? for now, if I
hold my tongue, I shall give up the ghost.
18-13:20 Only
do not two things unto me: then will I not hide myself from thee.
18-13:22 Then
call thou, and I will answer: or let me speak,
and answer thou me.
18-14:14 If
a man die, shall he live again? all
the days of my appointed time will I wait, till
my change come.
18-14:15 Thou
shalt call, and I will answer thee: thou wilt
have a desire to the work of thine hands.
18-15:6 Thine
own mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yea, thine
own lips testify against thee.
18-15:17 I will shew thee, hear me; and that which I
have seen I will declare;
18-16:2 I have heard many such things: miserable comforters are ye all.
18-16:4 I also could speak as ye do: if your soul were in my soul’s stead, I
could heap up words against you, and shake mine head at you.
18-16:5 But I
would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my lips should asswage your grief.
18-16:6 Though
I speak, my grief is not asswaged: and though I
forbear, what am I eased?
18-16:12 I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath
also taken me by my neck, and shaken
me to pieces, and set me up for his mark.
18-16:15 I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my
horn in the dust.
18-16:22 When
a few years are come, then I shall go the way whence I
shall not return.
18-17:6 He
hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret.
18-17:10 But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find one wise