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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.
“What is more,”
Haman added, “Queen
Esther invited no one but me to join the king at the
banquet she prepared,
and I am invited back
tomorrow along with the king.
His wife Zeresh
and all his friends told him, “Have them build a
gallows fifty cubits high,
and ask the king in the morning to have
Mordecai hanged on it. Then go to the
banquet with the king
and enjoy
yourself.” The advice pleased
Haman,
and he had the
gallows constructed.
On that night could not the king sleep, and he commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles; and they were read before the king.
That night sleep escaped the king; so he ordered the Book of Records, the Chronicles, to be brought in and read to him.
And it was found written, that
Mordecai had told of Bigthana
and Teresh, two of the king’s chamberlains, the keepers of the door, who sought to lay hand on the king
Ahasuerus.
And there it was found recorded that
Mordecai had exposed Bigthana
and Teresh, two of the eunuchs who guarded the king’s entrance, when they had
conspired to
assassinate King
Xerxes.
And the king said, What honour
and dignity hath been done to
Mordecai for this? Then said the king’s servants that ministered unto him, There is nothing done for him.
The king inquired, “What honor or dignity has been bestowed on
Mordecai for this act?” “Nothing has been done for him,” replied the king’s attendants.
And the king said, Who is in the court? Now
Haman was come into the outward court of the king’s house, to speak unto the king to
hang Mordecai on the
gallows that he had prepared for him.
“Who is in the court?” the king asked. Now
Haman had just entered the outer court of the palace to ask the king to
hang Mordecai on the
gallows he had prepared for him.
And the king’s servants said unto him, Behold,
Haman standeth in the court.
And the king said, Let him come in.
So the king’s attendants answered him, “
Haman is there, standing in the court.” “Bring him in,” ordered the king.
So
Haman came in.
And the king said unto him, What shall be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour? Now
Haman thought in his heart, To whom would the king delight to do honour more than to myself?
Haman entered,
and the king asked him, “What should be done for the man whom the king is delighted to honor?” Now
Haman thought to himself, “Whom would the king be delighted to honor more than me?”
And Haman answered the king, For the man whom the king delighteth to honour,
And Haman told the king, “For the man whom the king is delighted to honor,
Let the royal
apparel be brought which the king useth to wear,
and the horse that the king rideth upon,
and the crown royal which is set upon his head:
have them bring a royal
robe that the king himself has worn
and a horse on which the king himself has
ridden—one with a royal crest placed on its head.
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.
Let the
robe and the horse be entrusted to one of the king’s most noble princes. Let them
array the man the king wants to honor
and parade him on the horse through the city square,
proclaiming before him, ‘This is what is done for the man whom the king is delighted to honor!’”
Then the king said to
Haman, Make
haste,
and take the
apparel and the horse, as thou hast said,
and do even so to
Mordecai the
Jew, that sitteth at the king’s gate: let nothing fail of all that thou hast spoken.
“
Hurry,” said the king to
Haman, “
and do just as you proposed. Take the
robe and the horse to
Mordecai the
Jew, who is sitting at the king’s gate. Do not neglect anything that you have suggested.”
Then took
Haman the
apparel and the horse,
and arrayed Mordecai,
and brought him on
horseback through the street of the city,
and proclaimed before him, Thus shall it be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour.
So
Haman took the
robe and the horse,
arrayed Mordecai,
and paraded him through the city square, crying out before him, “This is what is done for the man whom the king is delighted to honor!”
And Mordecai came again to the king’s gate. But
Haman hasted to his house
mourning,
and having his head covered.
Then
Mordecai returned to the king’s gate. But
Haman rushed home, with his head covered in grief.
And Haman told Zeresh his wife
and all his friends every thing that had
befallen him. Then said his wise men
and Zeresh his wife unto him, If
Mordecai be of the seed of the Jews, before whom thou hast begun to fall, thou shalt not prevail against him, but shalt surely fall before him.
Haman told his wife Zeresh
and all his friends everything that had happened. His advisers
and his wife Zeresh said to him, “Since
Mordecai, before whom your
downfall has begun, is Jewish, you will not prevail against him—for surely you will fall before him.”
And while they were yet talking with him, came the king’s chamberlains,
and hasted to bring
Haman unto the
banquet that
Esther had prepared.
While they were still speaking with
Haman, the king’s eunuchs arrived
and rushed him to the
banquet that
Esther had prepared.
And the king said again unto
Esther on the second day at the
banquet of wine, What is thy petition, queen
Esther?
and it shall be granted thee:
and what is thy request?
and it shall be performed, even to the half of the kingdom.
and as they
drank their wine on that second day, the king asked once more, “Queen
Esther, what is your petition? It will be given to you. What is your request? Even up to half the kingdom, it will be fulfilled.”
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:
Queen
Esther replied, “If I have found favor in your sight, O king,
and if it pleases the king, grant me my life as my petition,
and the lives of my people as my request.
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.
For my people
and I have been sold out to destruction, death,
and annihilation. If we had merely been sold as menservants
and maidservants, I would have remained silent, because no such distress would
justify burdening the king.”
Then King
Xerxes spoke up
and asked Queen
Esther, “Who is this,
and where is the one who would
devise such a scheme?”
And the king arising from the
banquet of wine in his wrath went into the palace garden:
and Haman stood up to make request for his life to
Esther the queen; for he saw that there was evil determined against him by the king.
In his
fury, the king arose from drinking his wine
and went to the palace garden, while
Haman stayed behind to
beg Queen
Esther for his life, for he realized that the king was
planning a terrible fate for him.
Then the king returned out of the palace garden into the place of the
banquet of wine;
and Haman was fallen upon the bed
whereon Esther was. Then said the king, Will he force the queen also before me in the house? As the word went out of the king’s mouth, they covered
Haman’s face.
Just as the king returned from the palace garden to the
banquet hall,
Haman was falling on the
couch where
Esther was
reclining. The king
exclaimed, “Would he actually
assault the queen while I am in the palace?” As soon as the words had left the king’s mouth, they covered
Haman’s face.
And Harbonah, one of the chamberlains, said before the king, Behold also, the
gallows fifty cubits high, which
Haman had made for
Mordecai, who had spoken good for the king, standeth in the house of
Haman. Then the king said,
Hang him
thereon.
Then Harbonah, one of the eunuchs attending the king, said: “There is a
gallows fifty cubits high at
Haman’s house. He had it built for
Mordecai, who gave the report that saved the king.” “
Hang him on it!” declared the king.
On that day did the king
Ahasuerus give the house of
Haman the Jews’ enemy unto
Esther the queen.
And Mordecai came before the king; for
Esther had told what he was unto her.
And Esther spake yet again before the king,
and fell down at his feet,
and besought him with tears to put away the mischief of
Haman the Agagite,
and his
device that he had devised against the Jews.
And once again,
Esther addressed the king. She fell at his feet
weeping and begged him to
revoke the evil scheme of
Haman the Agagite, which he had devised against the Jews.
Then the king held out the golden
sceptre toward
Esther. So
Esther arose,
and stood before the king,
The king extended the gold
scepter toward
Esther,
and she arose
and stood before the king.
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:
“If it pleases the king,” she said, “
and if I have found favor in his sight,
and the matter seems proper to the king,
and I am pleasing in his sight, may an order be written to
revoke the letters that the scheming
Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, wrote to destroy the Jews in all the king’s provinces.
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.
Now you may write in the king’s name as you please regarding the Jews,
and seal it with the royal
signet ring. For a decree that is written in the name of the king
and sealed with the royal
signet ring cannot be
revoked.”
Then were the king’s
scribes called at that time in the third month, that is, the month
Sivan, on the three
and twentieth day thereof;
and it was written according to all that
Mordecai commanded unto the Jews,
and to the lieutenants,
and the
deputies and rulers of the provinces which are from India unto
Ethiopia, an hundred twenty
and seven provinces, unto every province according to the writing thereof,
and unto every people after their language,
and to the Jews according to their writing,
and according to their language.
At once the royal
scribes were summoned,
and on the twenty-third day of the third month (the month of
Sivan), they recorded all of
Mordecai’s orders to the Jews
and to the satraps, governors,
and princes of the 127 provinces from India to
Cush—writing to each province in its own
script, to every people in their own language,
and to the Jews in their own
script and language.
And he wrote in the king
Ahasuerus’ name,
and sealed it with the king’s ring,
and sent letters by posts on
horseback,
and riders on mules, camels,
and young
dromedaries:
Mordecai wrote in the name of King
Xerxes and sealed it with the royal
signet ring. He sent the documents by mounted couriers riding on swift horses
bred from the royal mares.
Wherein the king granted the Jews which were in every city to gather themselves together,
and to stand for their life, to destroy, to
slay,
and to cause to perish, all the power of the people
and province that would
assault them, both little ones
and women,
and to take the
spoil of them for a prey,
By these letters the king permitted the Jews in each
and every city the right to
assemble and defend themselves, to destroy, kill,
and annihilate all the forces of any people or province hostile to them, including women
and children,
and to
plunder their possessions.
The copy of the writing for a commandment to be given in every province was published unto all people,
and that the Jews should be ready against that day to
avenge themselves on their enemies.
A copy of the text of the edict was to be issued in every province
and published to all the people, so that the Jews would be ready on that day to
avenge themselves on their enemies.
So the posts that
rode upon mules
and camels went out, being
hastened and pressed on by the king’s commandment.
And the decree was given at
Shushan the palace.
The couriers
rode out in
haste on their royal horses, pressed on by the command of the king.
And the edict was also issued in the citadel of
Susa.
And Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal
apparel of blue
and white,
and with a great crown of gold,
and with a garment of fine linen
and purple:
and the city of
Shushan rejoiced and was
glad.
Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal garments of blue
and white, with a large gold crown
and a purple
robe of fine linen.
And the city of
Susa shouted and rejoiced.
The Jews had light,
and gladness,
and joy,
and honour.
For the Jews it was a time of light
and gladness, of joy
and honor.
And in every province,
and in every city,
whithersoever the king’s commandment
and his decree came, the Jews had joy
and gladness, a feast
and a good day.
And many of the people of the land became Jews; for the fear of the Jews fell upon them.
In every province
and every city, wherever the king’s edict
and decree reached, there was joy
and gladness among the Jews, with feasting
and celebrating.
And many of the people of the land themselves became Jews, because the fear of the Jews had fallen upon them.
Now in the
twelfth month, that is, the month
Adar, on the
thirteenth day of the same, when the king’s commandment
and his decree drew near to be put in execution, in the day that the enemies of the Jews hoped to have power over them, (though it was turned to the contrary, that the Jews had rule over them that
hated them;)
On the
thirteenth day of the
twelfth month, the month of
Adar, the king’s command
and edict were to be executed. On this day the enemies of the Jews had hoped to overpower them, but their plan was overturned
and the Jews overpowered those who
hated them.
The Jews gathered themselves together in their cities throughout all the provinces of the king
Ahasuerus, to lay hand on such as sought their
hurt:
and no man could
withstand them; for the fear of them fell upon all people.
In each of the provinces of King
Xerxes, the Jews assembled in their cities to attack those who sought to
harm them. No man could
withstand them, because the fear of them had fallen upon all peoples.
And all the rulers of the provinces,
and the lieutenants,
and the
deputies,
and officers of the king, helped the Jews; because the fear of
Mordecai fell upon them.
And all the officials of the provinces, the satraps, the governors,
and the king’s administrators helped the Jews, because the fear of
Mordecai had fallen upon them.
For
Mordecai was great in the king’s house,
and his fame went out throughout all the provinces: for this man
Mordecai waxed greater
and greater.
For
Mordecai exercised great power in the palace,
and his fame spread throughout the provinces as he became more
and more powerful.
Thus the Jews
smote all their enemies with the stroke of the sword,
and slaughter,
and destruction,
and did what they would unto those that
hated them.
The Jews put all their enemies to the sword, killing
and destroying them,
and they did as they pleased to those who
hated them.
And in
Shushan the palace the Jews
slew and destroyed five hundred men.
In the citadel of
Susa, the Jews killed
and destroyed five hundred men,
And Parshandatha, and Dalphon, and Aspatha,
including Parshandatha, Dalphon, Aspatha,
And Poratha, and Adalia, and Aridatha,
Poratha, Adalia, Aridatha,
And Parmashta, and Arisai, and Aridai, and Vajezatha,
Parmashta, Arisai, Aridai, and Vaizatha.
And the king said unto
Esther the queen, The Jews have slain
and destroyed five hundred men in
Shushan the palace,
and the ten sons of
Haman; what have they done in the rest of the king’s provinces? now what is thy petition?
and it shall be granted thee: or what is thy request further?
and it shall be done.
who said to Queen
Esther, “In the citadel of
Susa the Jews have killed
and destroyed five hundred men, including
Haman’s ten sons. What have they done in the rest of the royal provinces? Now what is your petition? It will be given to you.
And what further do you request? It will be fulfilled.”
Then said
Esther, If it please the king, let it be granted to the Jews which are in
Shushan to do to
morrow also according unto this day’s decree,
and let
Haman’s ten sons be
hanged upon the
gallows.
And the king commanded it so to be done:
and the decree was given at
Shushan;
and they
hanged Haman’s ten sons.
So the king commanded that this be done. An edict was issued in
Susa,
and they
hanged the ten sons of
Haman.
For the Jews that were in
Shushan gathered themselves together on the
fourteenth day also of the month
Adar,
and slew three hundred men at
Shushan; but on the prey they laid not their hand.
On the
fourteenth day of the month of
Adar, the Jews in
Susa came together again
and put to death three hundred men there, but they did not lay a hand on the
plunder.
But the other Jews that were in the king’s provinces gathered themselves together,
and stood for their lives,
and had rest from their enemies,
and slew of their foes seventy
and five thousand, but they laid not their hands on the prey,
The rest of the Jews in the royal provinces also assembled to defend themselves
and rid themselves of their enemies. They killed 75,000 who
hated them, but they did not lay a hand on the
plunder.
This was done on the
thirteenth day of the month of
Adar,
and on the
fourteenth day they rested, making it a day of feasting
and joy.
The Jews in
Susa, however, had assembled on the
thirteenth and the
fourteenth days of the month. So they rested on the
fifteenth day, making it a day of feasting
and joy.
Therefore the Jews of the villages, that dwelt in the unwalled towns, made the
fourteenth day of the month
Adar a day of
gladness and feasting,
and a good day,
and of sending portions one to another.
This is why the rural Jews, who live in the villages, observe the
fourteenth day of the month of
Adar as a day of joy
and feasting. It is a
holiday for sending gifts to one another.
And Mordecai wrote these things,
and sent letters unto all the Jews that were in all the provinces of the king
Ahasuerus, both
nigh and far,
Mordecai recorded these events
and sent letters to all the Jews in all the provinces of King
Xerxes, both near
and far,
As the days wherein the Jews rested from their enemies,
and the month which was turned unto them from sorrow to joy,
and from
mourning into a good day: that they should make them days of feasting
and joy,
and of sending portions one to another,
and gifts to the poor.
as the days on which the Jews gained rest from their enemies
and the month in which their sorrow turned to joy
and their
mourning into a
holiday. He wrote that these were to be days of feasting
and joy, of sending gifts to one another
and to the poor.
And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun,
and as
Mordecai had written unto them;
So the Jews agreed to continue the custom they had started, as
Mordecai had written to them.
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.
Wherefore they called these days
Purim after the name of
Pur. Therefore for all the words of this letter,
and of that which they had seen concerning this matter,
and which had come unto them,
Therefore these days are called
Purim, from the word
Pur. Because of all the instructions in this letter,
and because of all they had seen
and experienced,
The Jews ordained, and took upon them, and upon their seed, and upon all such as joined themselves unto them, so as it should not fail, that they would keep these two days according to their writing, and according to their appointed time every year;
the Jews bound themselves to establish the custom that they
and their descendants
and all who join them should not fail to
celebrate these two days at the appointed time each
and every year, according to their regulation.
And that these days should be remembered
and kept throughout every generation, every family, every province,
and every city;
and that these days of
Purim should not fail from among the Jews, nor the
memorial of them perish from their seed.
These days should be remembered
and celebrated by every generation, family, province,
and city, so that these days of
Purim should not fail to be observed among the Jews, nor should the memory of them
fade from their descendants.
And he sent the letters unto all the Jews, to the hundred twenty
and seven provinces of the kingdom of
Ahasuerus, with words of peace
and truth,
And Mordecai sent letters with words of peace
and truth to all the Jews in the 127 provinces of the kingdom of
Xerxes,
To
confirm these days of
Purim in their times appointed, according as
Mordecai the
Jew and Esther the queen had
enjoined them,
and as they had decreed for themselves
and for their seed, the matters of the fastings
and their cry.
in order to
confirm these days of
Purim at their appointed time, just as
Mordecai the
Jew and Queen
Esther had established them
and had committed themselves
and their descendants to the times of fasting
and lamentation.
And the decree of
Esther confirmed these matters of
Purim;
and it was written in the book.
So
Esther’s decree confirmed these regulations about
Purim, which were written into the record.
And the king
Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land,
and upon the isles of the sea.
Now King
Xerxes imposed tribute throughout the land, even to its
farthest shores.
And all the acts of his power
and of his might,
and the declaration of the greatness of
Mordecai,
whereunto the king advanced him, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Media
and Persia?
And all of
Mordecai’s powerful
and magnificent accomplishments, together with the full account of the greatness to which the king had raised him, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Media
and Persia?
For
Mordecai the
Jew was next unto king
Ahasuerus,
and great among the Jews,
and accepted of the multitude of his brethren, seeking the wealth of his people,
and speaking peace to all his seed.
For
Mordecai the
Jew was second only to King
Xerxes, preeminent among the Jews
and highly favored by his many
kinsmen, seeking the good of his people
and speaking peace to all his countrymen.
There was a man in the land of
Uz, whose name was Job;
and that man was perfect
and upright,
and one that feared God,
and eschewed evil.
There was a man in the land of
Uz whose name was Job.
And this man was
blameless and upright, fearing God
and shunning evil.
And there were born unto him seven sons and three daughters.
He had seven sons and three daughters,
His substance also was seven thousand sheep,
and three thousand camels,
and five hundred yoke of oxen,
and five hundred she
asses,
and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the east.
and he owned 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 yoke of oxen, 500 female
donkeys,
and a very large number of servants. Job was the greatest man of all the people of the East.
And his sons went and feasted in their houses, every one his day; and sent and called for their three sisters to eat and to drink with them.
Job’s sons would take turns holding feasts in their homes,
and they would
invite their three sisters to eat
and drink with them.
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.
And when the days of feasting were over, Job would send for his children to
purify them, rising early in the morning to offer burnt offerings for all of them. For Job thought, “Perhaps my children have
sinned and cursed God in their hearts.” This was Job’s regular practice.
Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD,
and Satan came also among them.
One day the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD,
and Satan also came with them.
And the LORD said unto
Satan, Whence comest thou? Then
Satan answered the LORD,
and said, From going to
and fro in the earth,
and from walking up
and down in it.
“Where have you come from?” said the LORD to
Satan. “From
roaming through the earth,” he replied, “
and walking back
and forth in it.”
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?
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.”
Satan answered the LORD, “Does Job fear God for nothing?
Hast not thou made an
hedge about him,
and about his house,
and about all that he hath on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands,
and his substance is increased in the land.
Have You not placed a
hedge on every side around him
and his household
and all that he owns? You have blessed the work of his hands,
and his possessions have increased in the land.
But put forth thine hand now,
and touch all that he hath,
and he will
curse thee to thy face.
But stretch out Your hand
and strike all that he has,
and he will surely
curse You to Your face.”
And the LORD said unto
Satan, Behold, all that he hath is in thy power; only upon himself put not forth thine hand. So
Satan went forth from the presence of the LORD.
“Very well,” said the LORD to
Satan. “Everything he has is in your hands, but you must not lay a hand on the man himself.” Then
Satan went out from the presence of the LORD.
And there was a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother’s house:
One day, while Job’s sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house,
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.
the
Sabeans swooped down
and took them away. They put the servants to the sword,
and I alone have escaped to tell you!”
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.
While he was still speaking, another
messenger came
and reported: “The fire of God fell from heaven. It burned
and consumed the sheep
and the servants,
and I alone have escaped to tell you!”
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.
While he was still speaking, another
messenger came
and reported: “The Chaldeans formed three bands,
raided the camels,
and took them away. They put the servants to the sword,
and I alone have escaped to tell you!”
While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, Thy sons and thy daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother’s house:
While he was still speaking, another
messenger came
and reported: “Your sons
and daughters were eating
and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house,
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.
when suddenly a mighty wind swept in from the desert
and struck the four corners of the house. It
collapsed on the young people
and they are dead,
and I alone have escaped to tell you!”
Then Job arose,
and rent his
mantle,
and shaved his head,
and fell down upon the ground,
and worshipped,
Then Job stood up,
tore his
robe,
and shaved his head. He fell to the ground
and worshiped,
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.
saying: “Naked I came from my mother’s
womb,
and naked I will return. The LORD gave,
and the LORD has taken away. Blessed be the name of the LORD.”
Again there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD,
and Satan came also among them to present himself before the LORD.
On another day the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD,
and Satan also came with them to present himself before Him.
And the LORD said unto
Satan, From whence comest thou?
And Satan answered the LORD,
and said, From going to
and fro in the earth,
and from walking up
and down in it.
“Where have you come from?” said the LORD to
Satan. “From
roaming through the earth,” he replied, “
and walking back
and forth in it.”
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.”
And Satan answered the LORD,
and said, Skin for skin,
yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life.
“Skin for skin!”
Satan replied. “A man will give up all he owns in exchange for his life.
But put forth thine hand now,
and touch his bone
and his flesh,
and he will
curse thee to thy face.
But stretch out Your hand
and strike his flesh
and bones,
and he will surely
curse You to Your face.”
And the LORD said unto
Satan, Behold, he is in thine hand; but save his life.
“Very well,” said the LORD to
Satan. “He is in your hands, but you must
spare his life.”
