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Because
Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had devised
against the Jews to destroy them, and had cast
Pur, that is, the lot, to
consume them, and to destroy them;
For
Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had
plotted against the Jews to destroy them and had cast the
Pur (that is, the lot) to
crush and destroy them.
But when
Esther came before the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked
device, which he devised
against the Jews, should return upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be
hanged on the
gallows.
But when it came before the king, he commanded by letter that the wicked scheme which
Haman had devised
against the Jews should come back upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be
hanged on the
gallows.
And the LORD said unto
Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? and still he holdeth fast his
integrity, although thou movedst me
against him, to destroy him without cause.
Then the LORD said to
Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job? For there is no one on earth like him, a man who is
blameless and upright, who fears God and shuns evil. He still retains his
integrity, even though you incited Me
against him to ruin him without cause.”
For the arrows of the
Almighty are within me, the poison
whereof drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in
array against me.
For the arrows of the
Almighty have pierced me; my spirit drinks in their poison; the terrors of God are
arrayed against me.
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?
If I have
sinned, what have I done to You, O watcher of mankind? Why have You made me Your
target, so that I am a burden to You?
When your children
sinned against Him, He gave them over to their rebellion.
He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath
hardened himself
against him, and hath
prospered?
God is wise in heart and mighty in strength. Who has resisted Him and
prospered?
How much less shall I answer him, and choose out my words to reason with him?
How then can I answer Him or choose my arguments against Him?
For it increaseth. Thou huntest me as a fierce lion: and again thou shewest
thyself marvellous upon me.
Should I hold my head high, You would
hunt me like a lion, and again display Your power
against me.
Thou renewest thy witnesses
against me, and increasest thine
indignation upon me; changes and war are
against me.
You produce new witnesses
against me and multiply Your anger toward me. Hardships
assault me in wave after wave.
But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against thee;
But if only God would speak and open His lips against you,
For thou writest bitter things
against me, and makest me to possess the
iniquities of my youth.
For You record bitter accusations
against me and
bequeath to me the
iniquities of my youth.
Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth: thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away.
You
forever overpower him, and he passes on; You change his countenance and send him away.
Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I:
yea, thine own lips
testify against thee.
Your own mouth, not mine, condemns you; your own lips
testify against you.
That thou turnest thy spirit against God, and lettest such words go out of thy mouth?
as you turn your spirit against God and pour such words from your mouth?
Trouble and
anguish shall make him afraid; they shall prevail
against him, as a king ready to the battle.
For he stretcheth out his hand
against God, and strengtheneth himself
against the
Almighty.
For he has stretched out his hand
against God and has
vaunted himself
against the
Almighty,
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.
I could also speak like you if you were in my place; I could
heap up words
against you and
shake my head at you.
And thou hast filled me with wrinkles, which is a witness
against me: and my
leanness rising up in me beareth witness to my face.
You have bound me, and it has become a witness; my
frailty rises up and testifies
against me.
They open their mouths against me and strike my cheeks with contempt; they join together against me.
The upright are
appalled at this, and the innocent are
stirred against the godless.
The
gin shall take him by the
heel, and the
robber shall prevail
against him.
If indeed you would
exalt yourselves above me and use my disgrace
against me,
He hath also
kindled his wrath
against me, and he counteth me unto him as one of his enemies.
His anger burns against me, and He counts me among His enemies.
His troops come together, and raise up their way
against me, and
encamp round about my tabernacle.
His troops advance together; they construct a
ramp against me and
encamp around my tent.
Yea, young children
despised me; I arose, and they spake
against me.
Even little boys
scorn me; when I appear, they
deride me.
All my inward friends
abhorred me: and they whom I loved are turned
against me.
All my best friends
despise me, and those I love have turned
against me.
The heaven shall
reveal his iniquity; and the earth shall rise up
against him.
The heavens will
expose his iniquity, and the earth will rise up
against him.
As for me, is my
complaint to man? and if it were so, why should not my spirit be troubled?
Is my
complaint against a man? Then why should I not be impatient?
Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices which ye
wrongfully imagine
against me.
Behold, I know your thoughts full well, the schemes by which you would wrong me.
Will he reprove thee for fear of thee? will he enter with thee into judgment?
Is it for your reverence that He rebukes you and enters into judgment against you?
Will he
plead against me with his great power? No; but he would put strength in me.
Would He
contend with me in His great power? No, He would certainly take note of me.
For he performeth the thing that is appointed for me: and many such things are with him.
For He carries out His decree against me, and He has many such plans.
They cause the naked to
lodge without clothing, that they have no covering in the cold.
Without clothing, they
spend the night naked; they have no covering
against the cold.
They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter.
Drenched by mountain rains, they
huddle against the rocks for want of shelter.
They are of those that
rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor
abide in the paths thereof.
Then there are those who
rebel against the light, not knowing its ways or staying on its paths.
Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous.
May my enemy be like the wicked and my
opponent like the unjust.
For God shall cast upon him, and not
spare: he would
fain flee out of his hand.
It hurls itself
against him without mercy as he flees
headlong from its power.
Upon my right hand rise the youth; they
push away my feet, and they raise up
against me the ways of their destruction.
The
rabble arises at my right; they lay snares for my feet and build siege ramps
against me.
Terrors are turned upon me: they pursue my soul as the wind: and my
welfare passeth away as a cloud.
Terrors are turned loose against me; they drive away my dignity as by the wind, and my prosperity has passed like a cloud.
Thou art become cruel to me: with thy strong hand thou opposest
thyself against me.
If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate:
if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless because I saw that I had support in the gate,
If my land cry
against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof
complain;
if my land
cries out
against me and its furrows
weep together,
Then was
kindled the wrath of
Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the kindred of Ram:
against Job was his wrath
kindled, because he justified himself rather than God.
This
kindled the anger of
Elihu son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram. He burned with anger
against Job for
justifying himself rather than God,
Also
against his three friends was his wrath
kindled, because they had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job.
and he burned with anger
against Job’s three friends because they had failed to
refute Job, and yet had condemned him.
Now he hath not directed his words against me: neither will I answer him with your speeches.
But Job has not directed his words against me, and I will not answer him with your arguments.
Behold, he findeth occasions against me, he counteth me for his enemy,
Yet God finds occasions against me; He counts me as His enemy.
Why
dost thou
strive against him? for he giveth not account of any of his matters.
Why do you
complain to Him that He answers nothing a man asks?
Should I lie
against my right? my wound is incurable without
transgression.
Would I lie about my case? My wound is incurable, though I am without
transgression.’
When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth his face, who then can behold him? whether it be done against a nation, or against a man only:
But when He remains silent, who can
condemn Him? When He hides His face, who can see Him? Yet He watches over both man and nation,
For he addeth rebellion unto his sin, he clappeth his hands among us, and multiplieth his words against God.
For he adds rebellion to his sin; he
claps his hands among us and multiplies his words
against God.”
If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? or if thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him?
If you sin, what do you
accomplish against Him? If you multiply your transgressions, what do you do to Him?
Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?
which I hold in reserve for times of trouble, for the day of war and battle?
She is
hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers: her labour is in vain without fear;
She treats her young harshly, as if not her own, with no
concern that her labor was in vain.
He is the chief of the ways of God: he that made him can make his sword to approach unto him.
He is the foremost of God’s works; only his Maker can draw the sword against him.
None is so fierce that
dare stir him up: who then is able to stand before me?
No one is so fierce as to
rouse Leviathan. Then who is able to stand
against Me?
And it was so, that after the LORD had spoken these words unto Job, the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is
kindled against thee, and
against thy two friends: for ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath.
After the LORD had spoken these words to Job, He said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “My wrath is
kindled against you and your two friends. For you have not spoken about Me accurately, as My servant Job has.
The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together,
against the LORD, and
against his
anointed, saying,
The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers gather together,
against the LORD and
against His
Anointed One:
LORD, how are they increased that trouble me! many are they that rise up against me.
O LORD, how my foes have increased! How many rise up against me!
I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people, that have set themselves against me round about.
I will not fear the myriads set against me on every side.
Destroy thou them, O God; let them fall by their own counsels; cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions; for they have rebelled against thee.
Declare them guilty, O God; let them fall by their own devices. Drive them out for their many transgressions, for they have rebelled against You.
Arise, O LORD, in thine anger, lift up
thyself because of the
rage of mine enemies: and
awake for me to the judgment that thou hast commanded.
Arise, O LORD, in Your anger; rise up
against the
fury of my enemies.
Awake, my God, and
ordain judgment.
He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors.
He has prepared His deadly weapons; He ordains His arrows with fire.
He sitteth in the
lurking places of the villages: in the secret places
doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are
privily set
against the poor.
He lies in wait near the villages; in
ambush he slays the innocent; his eyes watch in
stealth for the helpless.
Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed
against him; and those that trouble me
rejoice when I am moved.
lest my enemy say, “I have overcome him,” and my foes
rejoice when I fall.
He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour.
He that putteth not out his money to
usury, nor taketh reward
against the innocent. He that doeth these things shall never be moved.
who
lends his money without interest and refuses a
bribe against the innocent. He who does these things will never be
shaken.
Shew thy marvellous lovingkindness, O thou that savest by thy right hand them which put their trust in thee from those that rise up
against them.
Show the wonders of Your loving devotion, You who save by Your right hand those who seek refuge from their foes.
For thou hast
girded me with strength unto the battle: thou hast subdued under me those that rose up
against me.
You have armed me with strength for battle; You have subdued my foes beneath me.
He delivereth me from mine enemies:
yea, thou liftest me up above those that rise up
against me: thou hast delivered me from the violent man.
who delivers me from my enemies. You
exalt me above my foes; You
rescue me from violent men.
For they intended evil
against thee: they imagined a
mischievous device, which they are not able to perform.
Though they intend You
harm, the schemes they
devise will not prevail.
Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back, when thou shalt make ready thine arrows upon thy strings against the face of them.
For You will put them to flight when Your bow is trained upon them.
They open their jaws
against me like lions that
roar and
maul.
Though an host should
encamp against me, my heart shall not fear: though war should rise
against me, in this will I be
confident.
Though an army encamps around me, my heart will not fear; though a war breaks out against me, I will keep my trust.
Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false witnesses are risen up
against me, and such as
breathe out cruelty.
Do not hand me over to the will of my foes, for false witnesses rise up against me, breathing out violence.
For I have heard the
slander of many: fear was on every side: while they took counsel together
against me, they devised to take away my life.
For I hear the
slander of many; there is terror on every side. They
conspire against me and plot to take my life.
Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak
grievous things proudly and
contemptuously against the righteous.
May lying lips be silenced— lips that speak with
arrogance against the righteous, full of pride and contempt.
Blessed is the man unto whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no
guile.
Blessed is the man whose iniquity the LORD does not count
against him, in whose spirit there is no
deceit.
The face of the LORD is
against them that do evil, to cut off the
remembrance of them from the earth.
But the face of the LORD is
against those who do evil, to
wipe out all memory of them from the earth.
Plead my cause, O LORD, with them that
strive with me: fight
against them that fight
against me.
Contend with my opponents, O LORD; fight
against those who fight
against me.
Draw out also the
spear, and stop the way
against them that
persecute me: say unto my soul, I am thy salvation.
Draw the
spear and
javelin against my pursuers; say to my soul: “I am your salvation.”
But in mine
adversity they
rejoiced, and gathered themselves together:
yea, the abjects gathered themselves together
against me, and I knew it not; they did
tear me, and ceased not:
But when I
stumbled, they assembled in
glee; they gathered together
against me. Assailants I did not know
slandered me without ceasing.
For they speak not peace: but they
devise deceitful matters
against them that are quiet in the land.
For they do not speak peace, but they
devise deceitful schemes
against those who live quietly in the land.
Yea, they opened their mouth wide
against me, and said,
Aha,
aha, our eye hath seen it.
They
gape at me and say, “
Aha,
aha! Our eyes have seen!”
Let them be
ashamed and brought to confusion together that
rejoice at mine
hurt: let them be clothed with shame and dishonour that
magnify themselves
against me.
May those who
gloat in my distress be
ashamed and confounded; may those who
exalt themselves over me be clothed in shame and reproach.
Let not the foot of pride come against me, and let not the hand of the wicked remove me.
Let not the foot of the proud come against me, nor the hand of the wicked drive me away.
Fret not
thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou
envious against the workers of iniquity.
Do not
fret over those who do evil; do not
envy those who do wrong.
The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth.
The wicked scheme
against the righteous and
gnash their teeth at them,
For I said, Hear me, lest otherwise they should
rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they
magnify themselves
against me.
For I said, “Let them not
gloat over me— those who
taunt me when my foot slips.”
All who
hate me
whisper against me; they imagine the worst for me:
Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his
heel against me.
Even my close friend whom I trusted, the one who shared my bread, has lifted up his
heel against me.
Judge me, O God, and
plead my cause
against an ungodly nation: O deliver me from the
deceitful and unjust man.
Through thee will we
push down our enemies: through thy name will we
tread them under that rise up
against us.
Through You we
repel our foes; through Your name we
trample our enemies.
Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will
testify against thee: I am God, even thy God.
“Hear, O My people, and I will speak, O Israel, and I will
testify against you: I am God, your God.
Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother’s son.
You sit and
malign your brother; you
slander your own mother’s son.
Against thee, thee only, have I
sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest.
Against You, You only, have I
sinned and done what is evil in Your sight, so that You may be proved right when You speak and
blameless when You judge.
There were they in great fear, where no fear was: for God hath scattered the bones of him that encampeth
against thee: thou hast put them to shame, because God hath
despised them.
There they are,
overwhelmed with
dread, where there was nothing to fear. For God has scattered the bones of those who besieged you. You put them to shame, for God has
despised them.
