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\v 1 The next day Holofernes commanded all his army and all the people who had come to be his allies, that they should move their camp toward Bethulia, take beforehand the ascents of the hill country, and make war against the children of Israel.
\v 2 Every mighty man of them moved that day. The army of their men of war was one hundred seventy thousand footmen, plus twelve thousand horsemen, besides the baggage, and the men that were on foot among them: an exceedingly great multitude.
\v 3 They encamped in the valley near Bethulia, by the fountain. They spread themselves in breadth over Dothaim even to Belmaim, and in length from Bethulia to Cyamon, which is near Esdraelon.
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\v 4 But the children of Israel, when they saw the multitude of them, were troubled exceedingly, and everyone said to his neighbor, “Now these men will lick up the face of all the earth. Neither the high mountains, nor the valleys, nor the hills will be able to bear their weight.
\v 5 Every man took up his weapons of war, and when they had kindled fires upon their towers, they remained and watched all that night.
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\v 6 But on the second day Holofernes led out all his cavalry in the sight of the children of Israel which were in Bethulia,
\v 7 viewed the ascents to their city, and searched out the springs of the waters, seized upon them, and set garrisons of men of war over them. Then he departed back to his people.
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\v 8 All the rulers of the children of Esau, all the leaders of the people of Moab, and the captains of the sea coast came to him and said,
\v 9 “Let our lord now hear a word, that there be not losses in your army.
\v 10 For this people of the children of Israel do not trust in their spears, but in the height of the mountains wherein they dwell, for it is not easy to come up to the tops of their mountains.
\v 11 And now, my lord, don’t fight against them as men fight who join battle, and there will not so much as one man of your people perish.
\v 12 Remain in your camp, and keep every man of your army safe. Let your servants get possession of the water spring, which flows from the foot of the mountain,
\v 13 because all the inhabitants of Bethulia get their water from there. Then thirst will kill them, and they will give up their city. Then we and our people will go up to the tops of the mountains that are near, and will encamp upon them, to watch that not one man gets out of the city.
\v 14 They will be consumed with famine, they and their wives and their children. Before the sword comes against them they will be laid low in the streets where they dwell.
\v 15 And you will pay them back with evil, because they rebelled, and didn’t meet your face in peace.”
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\v 16 Their words were pleasing in the sight of Holofernes and in the sight of all his servants; and he ordered them to do as they had spoken.
\v 17 And the army of the children of Ammon moved, and with them five thousand of the children of Asshur, and they encamped in the valley. They seized the waters and the springs of the waters of the children of Israel.
\v 18 The children of Esau went up with the children of Ammon, and encamped in the hill country near Dothaim. They sent some of them toward the south, and toward the east, near Ekrebel, which is near Chusi, that is upon the brook Mochmur. The rest of the army of the Assyrians encamped in the plain, and covered all the face of the land. Their tents and baggage were pitched upon it in a great crowd. They were an exceedingly great multitude.
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\v 19 The children of Israel cried to the Lord their God, for their spirit fainted; for all their enemies had surrounded them. There was no way to escape out from among them.
\v 20 All the army of Asshur remained around them, their footmen and their chariots and their horsemen, thirty-four days. All their vessels of water ran dry for all the inhabitants of Bethulia.
\v 21 The cisterns were emptied, and they had no water to drink their fill for one day; for they rationed drink by measure.
\v 22 Their young children were discouraged. The women and the young men fainted for thirst. They fell down in the streets of the city, and in the passages of the gates. There was no longer any strength in them.
\v 23 All the people, including the young men, the women, and the children, were gathered together against Ozias, and against the rulers of the city. They cried with a loud voice, and said before all the elders,
\v 24 “God be judge between all of you and us, because you have done us great wrong, in that you have not spoken words of peace with the children of Asshur.
\v 25 Now we have no helper; but God has sold us into their hands, that we should be laid low before them with thirst and great destruction.
\v 26 And now summon them, and deliver up the whole city as prey to the people of Holofernes, and to all his army.
\v 27 For it is better for us to be made a plunder to them. For we will be servants, and our souls will live, and we will not see the death of our babies before our eyes, and our wives and our children fainting in death.
\v 28 We take to witness against you the heaven and the earth, and our God and the Lord of our fathers, who punishes us according to our sins and the sins of our fathers. Do what we have said today!”
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\v 29 And there was great weeping of all with one consent in the midst of the assembly; and they cried to the Lord God with a loud voice.
\v 30 And Ozias said to them, “Brethren, be of good courage! Let us endure five more days, during which the Lord our God will turn his mercy toward us; for he will not forsake us utterly.
\v 31 But if these days pass, and no help comes to us, I will do what you say.”
\v 32 Then he dispersed the people, every man to his own camp; and they went away to the walls and towers of their city. He sent the women and children into their houses. They were brought very low in the city.


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\v 1 In those days Judith heard about this. She was the daughter of Merari, the son of Ox, the son of Joseph, the son of Oziel, the son of Elkiah, the son of Ananias, the son of Gideon, the son of Raphaim, the son of Ahitub, the son of Elihu, the son of Eliab, the son of Nathanael, the son of Salamiel, the son of Salasadai, the son of Israel.
\v 2 Her husband was Manasses, of her tribe and of her family. He died in the days of barley harvest.
\v 3 For he stood over those who bound sheaves in the field, and the heat came upon his head, and he fell on his bed, and died in his city Bethulia. So they buried him with his fathers in the field which is between Dothaim and Balamon.
\v 4 Judith was a widow in her house three years and four months.
\v 5 She made herself a tent upon the roof of her house, and put on sackcloth upon her loins. The garments of her widowhood were upon her.
\v 6 And she fasted all the days of her widowhood, except the eves of the Sabbaths, the Sabbaths, the eves of the new moons, the new moons, and the feasts and joyful days of the house of Israel.
\v 7 She was of a goodly countenance, and exceedingly beautiful to behold. Her husband Manasses had left her gold, silver, menservants, maidservants, cattle, and lands. She remained on those lands.
\v 8 No one said anything evil about her; for she feared God exceedingly.
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\v 9 She heard the evil words of the people against the governor, because they fainted for lack of water; and Judith heard all the words that Ozias spoke to them, how he swore to them that he would deliver the city to the Assyrians after five days.
\v 10 So she sent her maid, who was over all things that she had, to summon Ozias, Chabris, and Charmis, the elders of her city.
\v 11 They came to her, and she said to them, “Hear me now, O you rulers of the inhabitants of Bethulia: for your word that you have spoken before the people this day is not right. You have set the oath which you have pronounced between God and you, and have promised to deliver the city to our enemies, unless within these days the Lord turns to help you.
\v 12 Now who are you that you have tempted God this day, and stand in the place of God among the children of men?
\v 13 Now try the Lord Almighty, and you will never know anything.
\v 14 For you will not find the depth of the heart of man, and you will not perceive the things that he thinks. How will you search out God, who has made all these things, and know his mind, and comprehend his purpose? No, my kindred, don’t provoke the Lord our God to anger!
\v 15 For if he has not decided to help us within these five days, he has power to defend us in such time as he will, or to destroy us before the face of our enemies.
\v 16 But don’t you pledge the counsels of the Lord our God! For God is not as man, that he should be threatened; neither as the son of man, that he should be turned by entreaty.
\v 17 Therefore let’s wait for the salvation that comes from him, and call upon him to help us. He will hear our voice, if it pleases him.
\v 18 For there arose none in our age, neither is there any of us today, tribe, or kindred, or family, or city, which worship gods made with hands, as it was in the former days;
\v 19 for which cause our fathers were given to the sword, and for plunder, and fell with a great fall before our enemies.
\v 20 But we know no other god beside him. Therefore we hope that he will not despise us, nor any of our race.
\v 21 For if we are taken so, all Judea will sit upon the ground, and our sanctuary will be plundered; and he will require our blood for profaning it.
\v 22 And the slaughter of our kindred, and the captivity of the land, and the desolation of our inheritance, he will turn upon our heads among the Gentiles, wherever we will be in bondage. We will be an offense and a reproach before those who take us for a possession.
\v 23 For our bondage will not be ordered to favor; but the Lord our God will turn it to dishonor.
\v 24 And now, kindred, let’s show an example to our kindred, because their soul hangs upon us, and the sanctuary, the house, and the altar rest upon us.
\v 25 Besides all this let’s give thanks to the Lord our God, who tries us, even as he did our fathers also.
\v 26 Remember all the things which he did to Abraham, and all the things in which he tried Isaac, and all the things which happened to Jacob in Mesopotamia of Syria, when he kept the sheep of Laban his mother’s brother.
\v 27 For he has not tried us in the fire, as he did them, to search out their hearts, neither has he taken vengeance on us; but the Lord does scourge them that come near to him, to admonish them.”
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\v 28 And Ozias said to her, “All that you have spoken, you have spoken with a good heart. There is no one who will deny your words.
\v 29 For this is not the first day wherein your wisdom is manifested; but from the beginning of your days all the people have known your understanding, because the disposition of your heart is good.
\v 30 But the people were exceedingly thirsty, and compelled us to do as we spoke to them, and to bring an oath upon ourselves, which we will not break.
\v 31 And now pray you for us, because you are a godly woman, and the Lord will send us rain to fill our cisterns, and we will faint no more.”
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\v 32 Then Judith said to them, “Hear me, and I will do a thing, which will go down to all generations among the children of our race.
\v 33 You shall all stand at the gate tonight. I will go out with my maid. Within the days after which you said that you would deliver the city to our enemies, the Lord will visit Israel by my hand.
\v 34 But you shall not inquire of my act; for I will not declare it to you, until the things are finished that I will do.”
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\v 35 Then Ozias and the rulers said to her, “Go in peace. May the Lord God be before you, to take vengeance on our enemies.”
\v 36 So they returned from the tent, and went to their stations.


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\v 1 But Judith fell upon her face, and put ashes upon her head, and uncovered the sackcloth with which she was clothed. The incense of that evening was now being offered at Jerusalem in the house of God, and Judith cried to the Lord with a loud voice, and said,
\v 2 “O Lord God of my father Simeon, into whose hand you gave a sword to take vengeance on the strangers who loosened the belt of a virgin to defile her, uncovered the thigh to her shame, and profaned the womb to her reproach; for you said, ‘It shall not be so;’ and they did so.
\v 3 Therefore you gave their rulers to be slain, and their bed, which was ashamed for her who was deceived,\f + \fr 9:3 \ft Some authorities read \fqa which was ashamed for their deceit that they practiced. \f* to be dyed in blood, and struck the servants with their masters, and the masters upon their thrones;
\v 4 and gave their wives for a prey, and their daughters to be captives, and all their spoils to be divided among your dear children; which were moved with zeal for you, and abhorred the pollution of their blood, and called upon you for aid. O God, O my God, hear me also who am a widow.
\v 5 For you did the things that were before those things, and those things, and such as come after; and you planned the things which are now, and the things which are to come. The things which you planned came to pass.
\v 6 Yes, the things which you determined stood before you, and said, ‘Behold, we are here; for all your ways are prepared, and your judgement is with foreknowledge.’
\v 7 For, behold, the Assyrians are multiplied in their power. They are exalted with horse and rider. They were proud of the strength of their footmen. They have trusted in shield, spear, bow, and sling. They don’t know that you are the Lord who breaks the battles. ‘The Lord’ is your name.
\v 8 Break their strength in your power, and bring down their force in your wrath; for they intend to profane your sanctuary, and to defile the tabernacle where your glorious name rests, and to destroy the horn of your altar with the sword.
\v 9 Look at their pride, and send your wrath upon their heads. Give into my hand, which am a widow, the might that I have conceived.
\v 10 Strike by the deceit of my lips the servant with the prince, and the prince with his servant. Break down their arrogance by the hand of a woman.
\v 11 For your power stands not in multitude, nor your might in strong men: but you are a God of the afflicted. You are a helper of the minorities, a helper of the weak, a protector of the forsaken, a savior of those who are without hope.
\v 12 Yes, yes, God of my father, and God of the inheritance of Israel, Lord of the heavens and of the earth. Creator of the waters, King of every creature,\f + \fr 9:12 \ft Gr. \fqa of all your creation.\f* hear my prayer.
\v 13 Make my speech and deceit to be their wound and stripe, who intend hard things against your covenant, your holy house, the top of Sion, and the house of the possession of your children.
\v 14 Make every nation and tribe of yours to know that you are God, the God of all power and might, and that there is none other that protects the race of Israel but you.”


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\h Esther (Greek)
\toc1 Esther translated from the Greek Septuagint
\toc2 Esther Greek
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\mt1 ESTHER
\mt2 translated from the Greek Septuagint
\is1 Introduction
\ip The book of Esther in the Greek Septuagint contains 5 additions that the traditional Hebrew text doesn’t have. These additions are recognized as Deuterocanonical Scripture by the Roman Catholic, Greek Orthodox, and Russian Orthodox Churches. Those additions are enclosed in [square brackets]. Because the additions by themselves make little sense without the broader context of the book, we present here a translation of the whole book of Esther from the Greek.
\ip We have chosen not to distract the reader with confusing out-of-order chapter numbers that would result from using the KJV versification, but rather merge these 5 additions as extensions at the beginning of 1:1 and after 3:13, 4:17, 8:12, and 10:3. This makes some verses (1:1, 5:1, and 8:12) really long, but it also makes the verses line up with the same verse numbers in Esther as translated from the traditional Hebrew text. Some of the proper names in this book have been changed to the more familiar Hebrew form instead of the direct transliteration from the Greek.


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\v 1 [In the second year of the reign of Ahasuerus the great king, on the first day of Nisan, Mordecai the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Jew dwelling in the city Susa, a great man, serving in the king’s palace, saw a vision. Now he was of the captivity which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had carried captive from Jerusalem, with Jeconiah the king of Judea. This was his dream: Behold, voices and a noise, thunders and earthquake, tumult upon the earth. And, behold, two great serpents came out, both ready for conflict. A great voice came from them. Every nation was prepared for battle by their voice, even to fight against the nation of the just. Behold, a day of darkness and blackness, suffering and anguish, affection and tumult upon the earth. And all the righteous nation was troubled, fearing their own afflictions. They prepared to die, and cried to God. Something like a great river from a little spring with much water, came from their cry. Light and the sun arose, and the lowly were exalted, and devoured the honorable.
\p Mordecai, who had seen this vision and what God desired to do, having arisen, kept it in his heart, and desired by all means to interpret it, even until night.
\p Mordecai rested quietly in the palace with Gabatha and Tharrha the king’s two chamberlains, eunuchs who guarded the palace. He heard their conversation and searched out their plans. He learned that they were preparing to lay hands on king Ahasuerus; and he informed the king concerning them. The king examined the two chamberlains. They confessed, and were led away and executed. The king wrote these things for a record. Mordecai also wrote concerning these matters. The king commanded Mordecai to serve in the palace, and gave gifts for this service. But Haman the son of Hammedatha the Bougean was honored in the sight of the king, and he endeavored to harm Mordecai and his people, because of the king’s two chamberlains.]\f + \fr 1:1 \fl Note: \ft In the \fl Hebrew \ft and some copies of LXX, Esther begins here.\f* And it came to pass after these things\f + \fr 1:1 \fl Greek \ft words.\f* in the days of Ahasuerus, —(this Ahasuerus ruled over one hundred twenty-seven provinces from India)—
\v 2 in those days, when king Ahasuerus was on the throne in the city of Susa.
\v 3 In the third year of his reign, he made a feast for his friends, and the other nations, and for the nobles of the Persians and Medes, and the chief of the local governors.
\v 4 After this, after he had shown them the wealth of his kingdom and the abundant glory of his wealth during one hundred eighty days,
\v 5 when the days of the wedding feast were completed, the king made a banquet for the people of the nations who were present in the city for six days, in the court of the king’s house,
\v 6 which was adorned with fine linen and flax on cords of fine linen and purple, fastened to golden and silver studs, on pillars of white marble and stone. There were golden and silver couches on a pavement of emerald stone, and of pearl, and of white marble, with transparent coverings variously flowered, having roses worked around it.
\v 7 There were gold and silver cups, and a small cup of carbuncle set out of the value of thirty thousand talents, with abundant and sweet wine, which the king himself drank.
\v 8 This banquet was not according to the appointed law; but as the king desired to have it. He charged the stewards to perform his will and that of the company.
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\v 9 Also Vashti the queen made a banquet for the women in the palace where king Ahasuerus lived.
\v 10 Now on the seventh day, the king, being merry, told Haman, Bazan, Tharrha, Baraze, Zatholtha, Abataza, and Tharaba, the seven chamberlains, servants of king Ahasuerus,
\v 11 to bring in the queen to him, to \f + \fr 1:11 \fl Greek \ft to make her queen. \f* enthrone her, and crown her with the diadem, and to show her to the princes, and her beauty to the nations: for she was beautiful.
\v 12 But queen Vashti didn’t listen to him to come with the chamberlains; so the king was grieved and angered.
\v 13 And he said to his friends, “This is what Vashti said. Therefore pronounce your legal judgement on this case.”
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\v 14 So Arkesaeus, Sarsathaeus, and Malisear, the princes of the Persians and Medes, who were near the king, who sat chief in rank by the king, drew near to him,
\v 15 and reported to him according to the laws what it was proper to do to queen Vashti, because she had not done the things commanded by the king through the chamberlains.
\v 16 And Memucan said to the king and to the princes, “Queen Vashti has not wronged the king only, but also all the king’s rulers and princes:
\v 17 for he has told them the words of the queen, and how she \f + \fr 1:17 \fl Greek \ft contradicted. \f* disobeyed the king. As she then refused to obey king Ahasuerus,
\v 18 so this day the other wives of the chiefs of the Persians and Medes, having heard what she said to the king, will dare in the same way to dishonor their husbands.
\v 19 If then it seems good to the king, let him make a royal decree, and let it be written according to the laws of the Medes and Persians, and let him not alter it: ‘Don’t allow the queen to come in to him any more. Let the king give her royalty to a woman better than she.’
\v 20 Let the law of the king which he will have made be widely proclaimed in his kingdom. Then all the women will give honor to their husbands, from the poor even to the rich.”
\v 21 This advice pleased the king and the princes; and the king did as Memucan had said,
\v 22 and sent into all his kingdom through the several provinces, according to their language, so that men might be feared in their own houses.


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\v 1 The king levied a tax upon his kingdom both by land and sea.
\v 2 As for his strength and valour, and the wealth and glory of his kingdom, behold, they are written in the book of the Persians and Medes for a memorial.
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\v 3 Mordecai \f + \fr 10:3 \fl Greek \ft succeded to \fl Or, came into the place of. \f* was viceroy to king Ahasuerus, and was a great man in the kingdom, honored by the Jews, and lived his life loved by all his nation. \f + \fr 10:3 \ft the passages in brackets are not in the \fl Hebrew. \f*
\v 4 [Mordecai said, “These things have come from God.
\v 5 For I remember the dream which I had concerning these matters; for not one detail of them has failed.
\v 6 There was the little spring which became a river, and there was light, and the sun and much water. The river is Esther, whom the king married, and made queen.
\v 7 The two serpents are Haman and me.
\v 8 The nations are those \add nations\add* who combined to destroy the name of the Jews.
\v 9 But as for my nation, this is Israel, even those who cried to God and were delivered; for the Lord delivered his people. The Lord rescued us out of all these calamities; and God worked such signs and great wonders as have not been done among the nations.
\v 10 Therefore he ordained two lots. One for the people of God, and one for all the other nations.
\v 11 And these two lots came for an appointed season, and for a day of judgment, before God, and for all the nations.
\v 12 God remembered his people and vindicated his inheritance.
\v 13 They shall observe these days in the month Adar, on the fourteenth and on the fifteenth day of the month, with an assembly, joy, and gladness before God, throughout the generations forever among his people Israel.
\v 14 In the fourth year of the reign of Ptolemeus and Cleopatra, Dositheus, who said he was a priest and Levite, and Ptolemeus his son, brought this letter of Purim, which they said was the same, and that Lysimachus the son of Ptolemeus, who was in Jerusalem, had interpreted.]


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\v 1 After this, the king’s anger was pacified, and he no more mentioned Vashti, bearing in mind what she had said, and how he had condemned her.
\v 2 Then the servants of the king said, “Let chaste, beautiful young virgins be sought for the king.
\v 3 Let the king appoint local governors in all the provinces of his kingdom, and let them select fair, chaste young ladies and bring them to the city Susa, into the women’s apartment. Let them be consigned to the king’s chamberlain, the keeper of the women. Then let things for purification and other needs be given to them.
\v 4 Let the woman who pleases the king be queen instead of Vashti.”
\p This thing pleased the king; and he did so.
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\v 5 Now there was a Jew in the city Susa, and his name was Mordecai, the son of Jairus, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, of the tribe of Benjamin.
\v 6 He had been brought as a prisoner from Jerusalem, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had carried into captivity.
\v 7 He had a foster child, daughter of Aminadab his father’s brother. Her name was Esther. When her parents died, he brought her up to womanhood as his own. This lady was beautiful.
\v 8 And because the king’s ordinance was published, many ladies were gathered to the city of Susa under the hand of Hegai; and Esther was brought to Hegai, the keeper of the women.
\v 9 The lady pleased him, and she found favor in his sight. He hurried to give her the things for purification, her portion, and the seven maidens appointed her out of the palace. He treated her and her maidens well in the women’s apartment.
\v 10 But Esther didn’t reveal her family or her kindred; for Mordecai had charged her not to tell.
\v 11 But Mordecai used to walk every day by the women’s court, to see what would become of Esther.
\v 12 Now this was the time for a virgin to go into the king, when she should have fulfilled twelve months; for so are the days of purification fulfilled, six months while they are anointing themselves with oil of myrrh, and six months with spices and women’s purifications.
\v 13 And then the lady goes in to the king. The officer that he commands to do so will bring her to come in with him from the women’s apartment to the king’s chamber.
\v 14 She enters in the evening, and in the morning she departs to the second women’s apartment, where Hegai the king’s chamberlain is keeper of the women. She doesn’t go in to the king again, unless she is called by name.
\v 15 And when the time was fulfilled for Esther the daughter of Aminadab the brother of Mordecai’s father to go in to the king, she neglected nothing which the chamberlain, the women’s keeper, commanded; for Esther found grace in the sight of all who looked at her.
\v 16 So Esther went in to king Ahasuerus in the twelfth month, which is Adar, in the seventh year of his reign.
\v 17 The king loved Esther, and she found favor beyond all the other virgins. He put the queen’s crown on her.
\v 18 The king made a banquet for all his friends and great men for seven days, and he highly celebrated the marriage of Esther; and he granted a remission of taxes to those who were under his dominion.
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\v 19 Meanwhile, Mordecai served in the palace.
\v 20 Now Esther had not revealed her \f + \fr 2:20 \fl Greek \ft country. \f* kindred; for so Mordecai commanded her, to fear God, and perform his commandments, as when she was with him. Esther didn’t change her manner of life.
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\v 21 Two chamberlains of the king, the chiefs of the body-guard, were grieved, because Mordecai was promoted; and they sought to kill king Ahasuerus.
\v 22 And the matter was discovered by Mordecai, and he made it known to Esther, and she declared to the king the matter of the conspiracy.
\v 23 And the king examined the two chamberlains, and hanged them. Then the king gave orders to make a note for a memorial in the royal \f + \fr 2:23 \fl Greek \ft library. \f* records of the good offices of Mordecai, as a commendation.


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\v 1 After this, king Ahasuerus highly honored Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Bugaean. He exalted him and set his seat above all his friends.
\v 2 All in the palace bowed down to him, for so the king had given orders to do; but Mordecai didn’t bow down to him.
\v 3 And they in the king’s palace said to Mordecai, “Mordecai, why do you transgress the commands of the king?”
\v 4 They questioned him daily, but he didn’t listen to them; so they reported to Haman that Mordecai resisted the commands of the king; and Mordecai had shown to them that he was a Jew.
\v 5 When Haman understood that Mordecai didn’t bow down to him, he was greatly enraged,
\v 6 and took counsel to utterly destroy all the Jews who were under the rule of Ahasuerus.
\p
\v 7 In the twelfth year of the reign of Ahasuerusin the twelfth year of the reign of Ahasuerus, he made a decision by casting lots by day and month, to kill the race of Mordecai in one day. The lot fell on the fourteenth day of the month of Adar.
\v 8 So he spoke to king Ahasuerus, saying, “There is a nation scattered among the nations in all your kingdom, and their laws differ from all the other nations. They disobey the king’s laws. It is not expedient for the king to tolerate them.
\v 9 If it seem good to the king, let him make a decree to destroy them, and I will remit into the king’s treasury ten thousand talents of silver.”
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\v 10 So the king took off his ring, and gave it into the hands of Haman, to seal the decrees against the Jews.
\v 11 The king said to Haman, “Keep the silver, and treat the nation as you will.”
\v 12 So the king’s recorders were called in the first month, on the thirteenth day, and they wrote as Haman commanded to the captains and governors in every province, from India even to Ethiopia, to one hundred twenty-seven provinces; and to the rulers of the nations according to their languages, in the name of king Ahasuerus.
\v 13 The message was sent by couriers throughout the kingdom of Ahasuerus, to utterly destroy the race of the Jews on the first day of the twelfth month, which is Adar, and to plunder their goods. \f + \fr 3:13 \fl Note: \ft The part in brackets is not in \fl Hebrew\f*[The following is the copy of the letter. “From the great king Ahasuerus to the rulers and the governors under them of one hundred twenty-seven provinces, from India even to Ethiopia, who hold authority under him:
\p “Ruling over many nations and having obtained dominion over the whole world, I was determined (not elated by the confidence of power, but ever conducting myself with great moderation and gentleness) to make the lives of my subjects continually tranquil, desiring both to maintain the kingdom quiet and orderly to its utmost limits, and to restore the peace desired by all men. When I had asked my counselors how this should be brought to pass, Haman, who excels in soundness of judgment among us, and has been manifestly well inclined without wavering and with unshaken fidelity, and had obtained the second post in the kingdom, informed us that a certain ill-disposed people is mixed up with all the tribes throughout the world, opposed in their law to every other nation, and continually neglecting the commands of the king, so that the united government blamelessly administered by us is not quietly established. Having then conceived that this nation is continually set in opposition to every man, introducing as a change a foreign code of laws, and injuriously plotting to accomplish the worst of evils against our interests, and against the happy establishment of the monarchy; we instruct you in the letter written by Haman, who is set over the public affairs and is our second governor, to destroy them all utterly with their wives and children by the swords of the enemies, without pitying or sparing any, on the fourteenth day of the twelfth month Adar, of the present year; that the people aforetime and now ill-disposed to us having been violently consigned to death in one day, may hereafter secure to us continually a well constituted and quiet state of affairs.”]
\v 14 Copies of the letters were published in every province; and an order was given to all the nations to be ready for that day.
\v 15 This business was hastened also in Susa. The king and Haman began to drink, but the city was troubled.


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\v 1 But Mordecai, having perceived what was done, tore his garments, put on sackcloth, and sprinkled dust upon himself. Having rushed forth through the open street of the city, he cried with a loud voice, “A nation that has done no wrong is going to be destroyed!”
\v 2 He came to the king’s gate, and stood; for it was not lawful for him to enter into the palace wearing sackcloth and ashes.
\v 3 And in every province where the letters were published, there was crying, lamentation, and great mourning on the part of the Jews. They wore sackcloth and ashes.
\v 4 The queen’s maids and chamberlains went in and told her; and when she had heard what was done, she was disturbed. She sent to clothe Mordecai, and take away his sackcloth; but he refused.
\v 5 So Esther called for her chamberlain Hathach, who waited upon her; and she sent to learn the truth from Mordecai.
\v 7 Mordecai showed him what was done, and the promise which Haman had made the king of ten thousand talents to be paid into the treasury, that he might destroy the Jews.
\v 8 And he gave him the copy of what was published in Susa concerning their destruction to show to Esther; and told him to charge her to go in and entreat the king, and to beg him for the people. “Remember, he said, the days of your humble condition, how you were nursed by my hand; because Haman who holds the next place to the king has spoken against us for death. Call upon the Lord, and speak to the king concerning us, to deliver us from death.”
\p
\v 9 So Hathach went in and told her all these words.
\v 10 Esther said to Hathach, “Go to Mordecai, and say,
\v 11 ‘All the nations of the empire know than any man or woman who goes in to the king into the inner court without being called, that person can’t live; except to whomever the king stretches out his golden sceptre, he shall live. I haven’t been called to go into the king for thirty days.’”
\p
\v 12 So Hathach reported to Mordecai all the words of Esther.
\v 13 Then Mordecai said to Hathach, “Go, and say to her, ‘Esther, don’t say to yourself that you alone will escape in the kingdom, more than all the other Jews.
\v 14 For if you refuse to listen on this occasion, help and protection will come to the Jews from another place; but you and your father’s house will perish. Who knows if you have been made queen for this occasion?’”
\p
\v 15 And Esther sent the man that came to her to Mordecai, saying,
\v 16 “Go and assemble the Jews that are in Susa, and all of you fast for me, and don’t eat or drink for three days, night and day. My maidens and I will also fast. Then I will go in to the king contrary to the law, even if I must die.”
\p
\v 17 So Mordecai went and did all that Esther commanded him. \f + \fr 4:17 \fl Note: \ft The part between brackets, \fl i.e. \ft to the end of chap. \fl iv. is not in the \fl Hebrew \f*
\v 18 [He prayed to the Lord, making mention of all the works of the Lord.
\v 19 He said, “Lord \f + \fr 4:19 \ft See 3 Kings 8.53. \fl Note. \f* God, you are king ruling over all, for all things are in your power, and there is no one who can oppose you in your purpose to save Israel;
\v 20 for you have made the heaven and the earth and every wonderful thing under heaven.
\v 21 You are Lord of all, and there is no one who can resist you, Lord.
\v 22 You know all things. You know, Lord, that it is not in insolence, nor arrogance, nor love of glory, that I have done this, to refuse to bow down to the arrogant Haman.
\v 23 For I would gladly have kissed the soles of his feet for the safety of Israel.
\v 24 But I have done this that I might not set the glory of man above the glory of God. I will not worship anyone except you, my Lord, and I will not do these things in arrogance.
\v 25 And now, O Lord God, the King, the God of Abraham, spare your people, for our enemies are planning our destruction, and they have desired to destroy your ancient inheritance.
\v 26 Do not overlook your people, whom you have redeemed for yourself out of the land of Egypt.
\v 27 Listen to my prayer. Have mercy on your inheritance and turn our mourning into gladness, that we may live and sing praise to your name, O Lord. Don’t utterly destroy the mouth of those who praise you, O Lord.”
\p
\v 28 All Israel cried with all their might, for death was before their eyes.
\v 29 And queen Esther took refuge in the Lord, being taken as it were in the agony of death.
\v 30 Having taken off her glorious apparel, she put on garments of distress and mourning. Instead of grand perfumes she filled her head with ashes and dung. She greatly brought down her body, and she filled every place of her glad adorning with the her tangled hair.
\v 31 She implored the Lord God of Israel, and said, “O my Lord, you alone are our king. Help me. I am destitute, and have no helper but you,
\v 32 for my danger is \f + \fr 4:32 \fl Greek \ft in my hand. \f*near at hand.
\v 33 I have heard from my birth, in the tribe of my kindred that you, Lord, took Israel out of all the nations, and our fathers out of all their kindred for a perpetual inheritance, and have done for them all that you have said.
\v 34 And now we have sinned before you, and you have delivered us into the hands of our enemies,
\v 35 because we honored their gods. You are righteous, O Lord.
\v 36 But now they have not been content with the bitterness of our slavery, but have laid their hands on the hands of their idols
\v 37 to abolish the decree of your mouth, and utterly to destroy your inheritance, and to stop the mouth of those who praise you, and to extinguish the glory of your house and your alter,
\v 38 and to open the mouth of the Gentiles to \add speak\add* the \f + \fr 4:38 \fl Greek \ft virtues. \f* praises of vanities, and that a mortal king should be admired forever.
\v 39 O Lord, don’t resign your sceptre to them that are not, and don’t let them laugh at our fall, but turn their counsel against themselves, and make an example of him who has \f + \fr 4:39 \fl Greek \ft begun against us. \f* begun to injure us.
\v 40 Remember us, O Lord, manifest yourself in the time of our affliction. Encourage me, O King of gods, and ruler of all dominion!
\v 41 Put harmonious speech into my mouth before the lion, and turn his heart to hate him who fights against us, to the utter destruction of him who agrees with him.
\v 42 But deliver us by your hand, and help me who am destitute, and have none but you, O Lord.
\v 43 You know all things, and know that I hate the \f + \fr 4:43 \fl Or, \ft opinion. \f*glory of transgressors, and that I abhor the couch of the uncircumcised, and of every stranger.
\v 44 You know my necessity, for I abhor the symbol of my proud station, which is upon my head in the days of my \f + \fr 4:44 \fl Greek \ft vision.\f* splendor. I abhor it as a menstruous cloth, and I don’t wear it in the days of my tranquility.
\v 45 Your handmaid has not eaten at Haman’s table Haman, and I have not honored the banquet of the king, neither have I drunk wine of libations.
\v 46 Neither has your handmaid rejoiced since the day of my promotion until now, except in you, O Lord God of Abraham.
\v 47 O god, who has power over all, listen to the voice of the desperate, and deliver us from the hand of those who devise mischief. Deliver me from my fear.]


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\v 1 \f + \fr 5:1 \ft From the first verse to the third, the\fl Greek widely differs from the \fl Hebrew \f* It came to pass on the third day, when she had ceased praying, that she took off her servant’s dress, and put on her glorious apparel. Being splendidly dressed and having called upon God the Overseer and Preserver of all things, she took her two maids, and she leaned upon one, as a delicate female, and the other followed bearing her train. She was blooming in the perfection of her beauty. Her face was cheerful and looked lovely, but her heart was filled with fear. Having passed through all the doors, she stood before the king. He was sitting on his royal throne. He had put on all his glorious apparel, covered all over with gold and precious stones, and was very terrifying. And having raised his face resplendent with glory, he looked with intense anger. The queen fell, and changed her color as she fainted. She bowed herself upon the head of the maid who went before her. But God changed the spirit of the king to gentleness, and in intense feeling, he sprang from off his throne, and took her into his arms, until she recovered. He comforted her with peaceful words, and said to her, “What is the matter, Esther? I am your relative. Cheer up! You shall not die, for our command is openly declared to you: ‘Draw near.’”
\p
\v 2 And having raised the golden sceptre, he laid it upon her neck, and embraced her. He said, “Speak to me.”
\p So she said to him, “I saw you, my lord, as an angel of God, and my heart was troubled for fear of your glory; for you, my lord, are to be wondered at, and your face is full of grace.” While she was speaking, she fainted and fell.
\p Then the king was troubled, and all his servants comforted her.
\v 3 The king said, “What do you desire, Esther? What is your request? Ask even to the half of my kingdom, and it shall be yours.”
\p
\v 4 Esther said, “Today is a special day. So if it seems good to the king, let both him and Haman come to the feast which I will prepare this day.”
\p
\v 5 The king said, “Hurry and bring Haman here, that we may do as Esther said.” So they both come to the feast about which Esther had spoken.
\v 6 At the banquet, the king said to Esther, “What is your request, queen Esther? You shall have all that you require.”
\p
\v 7 She said, “My request and my petition are:
\v 8 if I have found favor in the king’s sight, let the king and Haman come again tomorrow to the feast which I shall prepare for them, and tomorrow I will do the same.”
\p
\v 9 So Haman went out from the king very glad and merry; but when Haman saw Mordecai the Jew in the court, he was greatly enraged.
\v 10 Having gone into his own house, he called his friends, and his wife Zeresh.
\v 11 He showed them his wealth and the glory with which the king had invested him, and how he had promoted him to be chief ruler in the kingdom.
\v 12 Haman said, “The queen has called no one to the feast with the king but me, and I am invited tomorrow.
\v 13 But these things don’t please me while I see Mordecai the Jew in the court.
\p
\v 14 Then Zeresh his wife and his friends said to him, “Let a fifty cubit tall \f + \fr 5:14 \fl Greek \ft a tree cut. \f* gallows be made for you. In the morning you speak to the king, and let Mordecai be hanged on the gallows; but you go in to the feast with the king, and be merry.”
\p The saying pleased Haman, and the gallows was prepared.


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\v 1 The Lord removed sleep from the king that night; so he told his servant to bring in the \f + \fr 6:1 \fl Greek \ft letters. \f* books, the registers of daily events, to read to him.
\v 2 And he found the \f + \fr 6:2 \fl Greek \ft letters. \f* records written concerning Mordecai, how he had told the king about the king’s two chamberlains, when they were keeping guard, and sought to lay hands on Ahasuerus.
\v 3 The king said, “What honor or favor have we done for Mordecai?”
\p The king’s servants said, “You haven’t done anything for him.”
\p
\v 4 And while the king was enquiring about the kindness of Mordecai, behold, Haman was in the court. The king said, “Who is in the court? Now Haman had come in to speak to the king about hanging Mordecai on the gallows which he had prepared.
\v 5 The king’s servants said, “Behold, Haman stands in the court.”
\p And the king said, “Call him!”
\p
\v 6 The king said to Haman, “What should I do for the man whom I wish to honor?”
\p Haman said within himself, “Whom would the king honor but myself?”
\v 7 He said to the king, “As for the man whom the king wishes to honor,
\v 8 let the king’s servants bring the robe of fine linen which the king puts on, and the horse on which the king rides,
\v 9 and let him give it to one of the king’s noble friends, and let him dress the man whom the king loves. Let him mount him on the horse, and proclaim through the \f + \fr 6:9 \fl Or, \ft wide space. \f* streets of the city, saying, “This is what will be done for every man whom the king honors!”
\p
\v 10 Then the king said to Haman, “You have spoken well. Do so for Mordecai the Jew, who waits in the palace, and let not a word of what you have spoken be neglected!”
\p
\v 11 So Haman took the robe and the horse, dressed Mordecai, mounted him on the horse, and went through the streets of the city, and proclaimed, saying, “This is what will be done for every man whom the king wishes to honor.”
\v 12 Then Mordecai returned to the palace; but Haman went home mourning, and having his head covered.
\p
\v 13 Haman related the events that had happened him to Zeresh his wife, and to his friends. His friends and his wife said to him, \f + \fr 6:13 \fl Or, \ft if it be M. etc. before whom. \f*“If Mordecai is of the race of the Jews, and you have begun to be humbled before him, you will assuredly fall, and you will not be able to withstand him, for the living God is with him.”
\v 14 While they were still speaking, the chamberlains arrived, to rush Haman to the banquet which Esther had prepared.


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\v 1 So the king and Haman went in to drink with the queen.
\v 2 The king said to Esther at the banquet on the second day, “What is it, queen Esther? What is your request? What is your petition? It shall be done for you, up to half of my kingdom.”
\p
\v 3 She answered and said, “If I have found favor in the sight of the king, let my life be granted as my petition, and my people as my request.
\v 4 For both I and my people are sold for destruction, pillage, and genocide. If both we and our children were sold for male and female slaves, I would not have bothered you, for this \f + \fr 7:4 \ft see \fqa Heb. slanderer \f* isn’t worthy of the king’s palace.”
\p
\v 5 The king said, “Who has dared to do this thing?”
\p
\v 6 Esther said, “The enemy is Haman, this wicked man!”
\p Then Haman was troubled before the king and the queen.
\v 7 The king rose up from the banquet to go into the garden. Haman began to beg the queen for mercy; for he saw that he was in trouble.
\v 8 The king returned from the garden; and Haman had fallen upon the bed, begging the queen for mercy. The king said, “Will you even assault my wife in my house?”
\p And when Haman heard it, he changed countenance.
\v 9 And Bugathan, one of the chamberlains, said to the king, “Behold, Haman has also prepared a gallows for Mordecai, who spoke concerning the king, and a fifty cubit high gallows has been set up on Haman’s property.”
\p The king said, “Let him be \f + \fr 7:9 \fl Or, \ft impaled. \f* hanged on it!”
\v 10 So Haman was hanged on the gallows that had been prepared for Mordecai. Then the king’s wrath was appeased.


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\v 1 On that day, king Ahasuerus gave to Esther all that belonged to Haman the slanderer. The king called Mordecai; for Esther had shown that he was related to her.
\v 2 The king took the ring which he had taken away from Haman and gave it to Mordecai. Esther appointed Mordecai over all that had been Haman’s.
\v 3 She spoke yet again to the king, and fell at his feet, and implored him to undo Haman’s mischief and all that he had done against the Jews.
\v 4 Then the king extended the golden sceptre to Esther; and Esther arose to stand near the king.
\v 5 Esther said, “If it seems good to you, and I have found favor in your sight, let an order be sent that the letters sent by Haman may be reversed, that were written for the destruction of the Jews who are in your kingdom.
\v 6 For how could I see the affliction of my people, and how could I survive the destruction of my \f + \fr 8:6 \fl Greek \ft country. \f* kindred?”
\p
\v 7 Then the king said to Esther, “If I have given and freely granted you all that was Haman’s, and hanged him on a gallows, because he laid his hands upon the Jews, what more do you seek?
\v 8 Write in my name whatever seems good to you, and seal it with my ring; for whatever is written at the command of the king, and sealed with my ring, cannot be countermanded.
\v 9 So the scribes were called in the first month, which is Nisan, on the twenty-third day of the same year; and orders were written to the Jews, whatever the king had commanded to the \f + \fr 8:9 \fl Greek \ft stewards.\f* local governors and chiefs of the local governors, from India even to Ethiopia, one hundred twenty-seven local governors, according to the several provinces, in their own languages.
\v 10 They were written by order of the king, sealed with his ring, and the letters were sent by the couriers.
\v 11 In them, he charged them to use their own laws in every city, to help each other, and to treat their adversaries and those who attacked them as they pleased,
\v 12 on one day in all the kingdom of Ahasuerus, on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is Adar.
\v 13 Let the copies be posted in conspicuous places throughout the kingdom. Let all the Jews be ready against this day, to fight against their enemies. The following is a copy of the letter containing orders.
\p \f + \fr 8:13 \ft the passages in brackets are not in the \fl Hebrew. \f* [The great king Ahasuerus sends greetings to the rulers of provinces in one hundred twenty-seven local governance regions, from India to Ethiopia, even to those who are faithful to our interests. Many who have been frequently honored by the most abundant kindness of their \f + \fr 8:13 \ft perhaps rulers, see Luke 22. 25. \f* benefactors have conceived ambitious designs, and not only endeavor to hurt our subjects, but moreover, not being able to bear prosperity, they also endeavor to plot against their own benefactors. They not only would utterly abolish gratitude from among men, but also, elated by the boastings of men who are strangers to all that is good, they supposed that they would escape the sin-hating vengeance of the ever-seeing God. And oftentimes evil exhortation has made partakers of the guilt of shedding innocent blood, and has involved in irremediable calamities, many of those who had been appointed to offices of authority, who had been entrusted with the management of their friends’ affairs; while men, by the false sophistry of an evil disposition, have deceived the simple candour of the ruling powers. And it is possible to see this, not so much from more ancient traditionary accounts, as it is immediately in your power to see it by examining what things have been wickedly \f + \fr 8:13 \fl Greek \ft contrived. \f* perpetrated by the baseness of men unworthily holding power. It is right to take heed with regard to the future, that we may maintain the government in undisturbed peace for all men, adopting needful changes, and ever judging those cases which come under our notice with truly equitable decisions. For whereas Haman, a Macedonian, the son of Hammedatha, in reality an alien from the blood of the Persians, and differing widely from our mild course of government, having been hospitable entertained by us, obtained so large a share of our universal kindness as to be called our father, and to continue the person next to the royal throne, reverenced of all; he however, \f + \fr 8:13 \fl Greek \ft not having borne.\f* overcome by pride, endeavored to deprive us of our dominion, and our \f + \fr 8:13 \fl Greek \ft spirit. \f*life; having by various and subtle artifices demanded for destruction both Mordecai our deliverer and perpetual benefactor, and Esther the blameless consort of our kingdom, along with their whole nation. For by these methods he thought, having surprised us in a defenseless state, to transfer the dominion of the Persians to the Macedonians. But we find that the Jews, who have been consigned to destruction by the \f + \fr 8:13 \fl Greek \ft thrice guilty. \f* most abominable of men, are not malefactors, but living according to the justest laws, and being the sons of the living God, the most high and \f + \fr 8:13 \fl Greek \ft greatest. \f* mighty, who maintains the kingdom, to us as well as to our forefathers, in the most excellent order. You will therefore do well in refusing to obey the letter sent by Haman the son of Hammedatha, because he who has done these things has been hanged with his whole family at the gates of Susa, Almighty God having swiftly returned to him a worthy punishment. We enjoin you then, having openly published a copy of this letter in every place, to give the Jews permission to use their own lawful customs, and to strengthen them, that on the thirteenth of the twelfth month Adar, on the self-same day, they may defend themselves against those who attack them in a time of affliction. For in the place of the destruction of the chosen race, Almighty God has granted them this time of gladness. Therefore you also, among your notable feasts, must keep a distinct day with all festivity, that both now and hereafter it may be a day of deliverance to us and who are well disposed toward the Persians, but to those that plotted against us a memorial of destruction. And every city and province collectively, which shall not do accordingly, shall be consumed with vengeance by spear and fire. It shall be made not only inaccessible to men, but most hateful to wild beasts and birds forever.] Let the copies be posted in conspicuous places throughout the kingdom and let all the Jews be ready against this day, to fight against their enemies.
\v 14 So the horsemen went forth with haste to perform the king’s commands. The ordinance was also published in Susa.
\p
\v 15 Mordecai went out robed in royal apparel, wearing a golden crown and a diadem of fine purple linen. The people in Susa saw it and rejoiced.
\v 16 The Jews had light and gladness
\v 17 in every city and province where the ordinance was published. Wherever the proclamation took place, the Jews had joy and gladness, feasting and mirth. Many of the Gentiles were circumcised and became Jews, for fear of the Jews.


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\v 1 Now in the twelfth month, on the thirteenth day of the month which is Adar, the letters written by the king arrived.
\v 2 In that day, the adversaries of the Jews perished; for no one resisted, through fear of them.
\v 3 For the chiefs of the local governors, and the princes and the royal scribes, honored the Jews; for the fear of Mordecai was upon them.
\v 4 For the order of the king was in force, that he should be celebrated in all the kingdom.
\v 6 In the city Susa the Jews killed five hundred men,
\v 7 including Pharsannes, Delphon, Phasga,
\v 8 Pharadatha, Barea, Sarbaca,
\v 9 Marmasima, Ruphaeus, Arsaeus, and Zabuthaeus,
\v 10 the ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha the Bugaean, the enemy of the Jews, and they plundered their property on the same day.
\v 11 The number of those who perished in Susa was reported to the king.
\p
\v 12 Then the king said to Esther, “The Jews have slain five hundred men in the city Susa. What do you think they have done in the rest of the country? What more do you ask, that it may be done for you?”
\p
\v 13 Esther said to the king, “Let it be granted to the Jews to do the same to them tomorrow. Also hang the bodies of the ten sons of Haman.”
\p
\v 14 He permitted it to be done; and he gave up to the Jews of the city the bodies of the sons of Haman to hang.
\v 15 The Jews assembled in Susa on the fourteenth day of Adar and killed three hundred men, but plundered no property.
\v 16 The rest of the Jews who were in the kingdom assembled, and helped one another, and obtained rest from their enemies; for they destroyed fifteen thousand of them on the thirteenth day of Adar, but took no spoil.
\v 17 They rested on the fourteenth of the same month, and kept it as a day of rest with joy and gladness.
\v 18 The Jews in the city Susa assembled also on the fourteenth day and rested; and they also observed the fifteenth with joy and gladness.
\v 19 On this account then it is that the Jews dispersed in every foreign land keep the fourteenth of Adar as a \f + \fr 9:19 \fl Greek \ft good day. \f* holy day with joy, each sending gifts of food to his neighbor.
\v 20 Mordecai wrote these things in a book, and sent them to the Jews, as many as were in the kingdom of Ahasuerus, both those who were near and those who were far away,
\v 21 to establish these as joyful days, and to keep the fourteenth and fifteenth of Adar;
\v 22 for on these days the Jews obtained rest from their enemies; and in that month, which was Adar, in which a change was made for them, from mourning to joy, and from sorrow to a good day, to spend the whole of it in good days of \f + \fr 9:22 \fl Greek \ft weddings. \f* feasting and gladness, sending portions to their friends and to the poor.
\v 23 And the Jews consented to this as Mordecai wrote to them,
\v 24 showing how Haman the son of Hammedatha the Macedonian fought against them, how he made a decree and cast \f + \fr 9:24 \fl Greek \ft lot. \f* lots to destroy them utterly;
\v 25 also how he went in to the king, telling him to hang Mordecai; but all the calamities he tried to bring upon the Jews came upon himself, and he was hanged, along with his children.
\v 26 Therefore these days were called Purim, because of the lots (for in their language they are called Purim) because of the words of this letter, and because of all they suffered on this account, and all that happened to them.
\v 27 Mordecai established it, and the Jews took upon themselves, and upon their seed, and upon those that were joined to them to observe it, neither would they on any account behave differently; but these days were to be a memorial kept in every generation, city, family, and province.
\v 28 These days of the Purim shall be kept forever, and their memorial shall not fail in any generation.
\p
\v 29 Queen Esther the daughter of Aminadab, and Mordecai the Jew, wrote all that they had done, and the confirmation of the letter of Purim.
\v 31 Mordecai and Esther the queen established this decision on their own, pledging their own health to their plan.
\v 32 And Esther established it by a command forever, and it was written for a memorial.


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\h Wisdom of Solomon
\toc1 The Wisdom of Solomon
\toc2 Wisdom of Solomon
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\mt1 THE WISDOM OF SOLOMON
\ip The \bk Wisdom of Solomon\bk* is recognized as Deuterocanonical Scripture by the Roman Catholic, Greek Orthodox, and Russian Orthodox Churches.


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\v 1 Love righteousness, all you who are judges of the earth.
\q2 Think of the Lord \f + \fr 1:1 \ft Gr. \fqa in goodness. \f* with a good mind.
\q1 Seek him in singleness of heart,
\q2
\v 2 because he is found by those who don’t tempt him,
\q2 and is manifested to those who trust him.
\q1
\v 3 For crooked thoughts separate from God.
\q2 His Power convicts when it is tested,
\q2 and exposes the foolish.
\q1
\v 4 Because wisdom will not enter into a soul that devises evil,
\q2 nor dwell in a body that is enslaved by sin.
\q1
\v 5 For a holy spirit of discipline will flee deceit,
\q2 and will depart from thoughts that are without understanding,
\q2 and will be ashamed when unrighteousness has come in.
\q1
\v 6 For \f + \fr 1:6 \ft Some authorities read \fqa the spirit of wisdom is loving to man. \f* wisdom is a spirit who loves man,
\q2 and she will not hold a \f + \fr 1:6 \ft Or, \fqa reviler \f* blasphemer guiltless for his lips;
\q2 because God is witness of his inmost self,
\q2 and is a true overseer of his heart,
\q2 and a hearer of his tongue:
\q1
\v 7 Because the spirit of the Lord has filled \f + \fr 1:7 \ft Gr. \fqa the inhabited earth. \f* the world,
\q2 and that which holds all things together knows what is said.
\q1
\v 8 Therefore no one who utters unrighteous things will be unseen;
\q2 \f + \fr 1:8 \ft Some authorities read \fqa nor indeed. \f* neither will Justice, when it convicts, pass him by.
\q1
\v 9 For in his counsels the ungodly will be searched out,
\q2 and the sound of his words will come to the Lord to bring his lawless deeds to conviction;
\q1
\v 10 because a jealous ear listens to all things,
\q2 and the noise of murmurings is not hidden.
\q1
\v 11 Beware then of unprofitable murmuring,
\q2 and keep your tongue from slander;
\q2 because no secret utterance will go on its way void,
\q2 and a lying mouth destroys a soul.
\q1
\v 12 Don’t court death in the error of your life;
\q2 and don’t draw destruction upon yourselves by the works of your hands,
\q2
\v 13 because God didn’t make death;
\q2 neither does he delight when the living perish.
\q1
\v 14 For he created all things that they might have being.
\q2 \f + \fr 1:14 \ft Or, all \fqa the races \ft of creatures \fqa in the world \f*The generative powers of the world are wholesome,
\q2 and there is no poison of destruction in them,
\q2 nor has Hades \f + \fr 1:14 \ft Or, \fqa a royal house \f* royal dominion upon earth;
\q1
\v 15 For righteousness is immortal,
\q2
\v 16 but ungodly men by their hands and their words summon \f + \fr 1:16 \ft Or, \fqa Hades \ft Gr. \fqa him. \f*death;
\q2 deeming him a friend they \f + \fr 1:16 \ft Or, \fqa were consumed \ft with love of him \f* pined away.
\q1 They made a covenant with him,
\q2 because they are worthy to belong with him.
\b


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\q1
\v 1 \f + \fr 10:1 \ft Gr. \fqa She. \f* Wisdom guarded to the end the first formed father of the world, that was created alone,
\q2 And delivered him out of his own transgression,
\q1
\v 2 And gave him strength to get dominion over all things.
\q1
\v 3 But when an unrighteous man fell away from her in his anger,
\q2 He perished himself in the rage wherewith he killed his brother.
\q1
\v 4 And when for his cause the earth was drowning with a flood,
\q1 Wisdom again saved it,
\q1 Guiding the righteous man’s course by a poor piece of wood.
\b
\q1
\v 5 Moreover, when nations consenting together in wickedness had been confounded,
\q2 \f + \fr 10:5 \ft Gr. \fqa She \f* Wisdom knew the righteous man, and preserved him blameless to God,
\q2 And kept him strong when his heart yearned toward his child.
\b
\q1
\v 6 While the ungodly were perishing, \f + \fr 10:6 \ft Gr. \fqa she \f* wisdom delivered a righteous man,
\q2 When he fled from the fire that descended out of heaven on \f + \fr 10:6 \ft That is, \fqa the region of the five cities. \f* Pentapolis.
\q1
\v 7 To whose wickedness a smoking waste still witnesses,
\q2 And plants bearing fair fruit that comes not to ripeness;
\q2 \add Yes and \add* a \f + \fr 10:7 \ft Or, \fqa distrustful \f* disbelieving soul has a memorial \add there, \add* a pillar of salt \add still \add* standing.
\q1
\v 8 For having passed wisdom by,
\q2 Not only were they disabled from recognising the things which are good,
\q2 But they also left behind them \f + \fr 10:8 \ft Or, \fqa by their life \f* for \add human \add* life a monument of their folly;
\q2 To the end that \f + \fr 10:8 \ft Gr. \fqa wherein. \f* where they \f + \fr 10:8 \ft Gr. \fqa stumbled. \f* went astray they might fail even to be unseen:
\q1
\v 9 But wisdom delivered out of troubles those that waited on her.
\b
\q1
\v 10 When a righteous man was a fugitive from a brother’s wrath, \f + \fr 10:10 \ft Gr. \fqa she. \f* wisdom guided him in straight paths;
\q2 She showed him God’s kingdom, and gave him knowledge of holy things;
\q2 She prospered him in his toils, and multiplied the fruits of his labor;
\q1
\v 11 When in their covetousness \add men \add* dealt hardly with him,
\q2 She stood by him and made him rich;
\q1
\v 12 She guarded him from enemies,
\q2 And from those that lay in wait she kept him safe,
\q2 And over his sore conflict she watched as judge,
\q2 That he might know that godliness is more powerful than \f + \fr 10:12 \ft Gr. \fqa every one. \f* all.
\b
\q1
\v 13 When a righteous man was sold, \f + \fr 10:13 \ft Gr. \fqa she. \f* wisdom forsook him not,
\q2 But \f + \fr 10:13 \ft Or, \fqa from the sin \ft of his kindred...\fqa into a pit \f* from sin she delivered him;
\q2 She went down with him into a dungeon,
\q1
\v 14 And in bonds she left him not,
\q2 Till she brought him the sceptre of a kingdom,
\q2 And authority over those that dealt tyrannously with him;
\q2 She showed them also to be false that had mockingly accused him,
\q2 And gave him eternal glory.
\b
\q1
\v 15 \f + \fr 10:15 \ft Gr. \fqa she. \f* Wisdom delivered a holy people and a blameless seed from a nation of oppressors.
\q1
\v 16 She entered into the soul of a servant of the Lord,
\q2 And withstood terrible kings in wonders and signs.
\q1
\v 17 She rendered to holy men a reward of their toils;
\q2 She guided them along a marvelous way,
\q2 And became to them a covering in the day-time,
\q2 And a flame of stars through the night.
\q1
\v 18 She brought them over the Red sea,
\q2 And led them through much water;
\q1
\v 19 But their enemies she drowned,
\q2 And out of the bottom of the deep she cast them up.
\q1
\v 20 Therefore the righteous plundered the ungodly;
\q2 And they sang praise to your holy name, O Lord,
\q2 And extolled with one accord your hand that fought for them:
\q1
\v 21 Because wisdom opened the mouth of the mute,
\q1 And made the tongues of babes to speak clearly.
\b


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\q1
\v 1 She prospered their works in the hand of a holy prophet.
\b
\q1
\v 2 They traveled through a desert without inhabitant,
\q2 And in trackless regions they pitched their tents.
\q1
\v 3 They withstood enemies, and \f + \fr 11:3 \ft Or, \fqa took vengeance on foes \f* repelled foes.
\q1
\v 4 They thirsted, and they called upon you,
\q2 And there was given them water out of \f + \fr 11:4 \ft Or, \fqa the steep rock \f* the \f + \fr 11:4 \ft See Deuteronomy 8:15; Psalm 114:8. \f* flinty rock,
\q2 And healing of their thirst out of the hard stone.
\q1
\v 5 For by what things their foes were punished,
\q2 By these they in their need were benefited.
\q1
\v 6 When enemies were troubled with clotted blood
\q2 instead of a river’s ever-flowing fountain,
\q1
\v 7 to rebuke the decree for the slaying of babies,
\q2 you gave them abundant water beyond all hope,
\q1
\v 8 having shown by the thirst which they had suffered
\q2 how you punished the adversaries.
\q1
\v 9 For when they were tried, although chastened in mercy,
\q2 they learned how the ungodly were tormented, being judged with wrath.
\q1
\v 10 For you tested these as a father admonishing them;
\q2 but you searched out those as a stern king condemning them.
\q1
\v 11 Yes and whether they were far off or near,
\q2 they were equally distressed;
\q1
\v 12 for a double grief seized them,
\q2 and a groaning at the memory of things past.
\q1
\v 13 For when they heard that through their own punishments the others benefited,
\q2 they recognized the Lord.
\q1
\v 14 For him who long before was thrown out and exposed they stopped mocking.
\q2 In the end of what happened, they marveled,
\q2 having thirsted in another manner than the righteous.
\q1
\v 15 But in return for the senseless imaginings of their unrighteousness,
\q2 wherein they were led astray to worship irrational reptiles and wretched vermin,
\q2 you sent upon them a multitude of irrational creatures for vengeance;
\q2
\v 16 that they might learn that by what things a man sins, by these he is punished.
\q1
\v 17 For your all-powerful hand
\q2 that created the world out of formless matter
\q2 didn’t lack means to send upon them a multitude of bears, fierce lions,
\q2
\v 18 or newly-created and unknown wild beasts, full of rage,
\q2 either breathing out a blast of fiery breath,
\q2 or belching out smoke,
\q2 or flashing dreadful sparks from their eyes;
\q1
\v 19 which had power not only to consume them by their violence,
\q2 but to destroy them even by the terror of their sight.
\q1
\v 20 Yes and without these they might have fallen by a single breath,
\q2 being pursued by Justice, and scattered abroad by the breath of your power;
\q2 but you arranged all things by measure, number, and weight.
\b
\q1
\v 21 For to be greatly strong is yours at all times.
\q2 Who could withstand the might of your arm?
\q1
\v 22 Because the whole world before you is as a grain in a balance,
\q2 and as a drop of dew that comes down upon the earth in the morning.
\q1
\v 23 But you have mercy on all men, because you have power to do all things,
\q2 and you overlook the sins of men to the end that they may repent.
\q1
\v 24 For you love all things that are,
\q2 and abhor none of the things which you made;
\q2 For you never would have formed anything if you hated it.
\q1
\v 25 How would anything have endured unless you had willed it?
\q2 Or that which was not called by you, how would it have been preserved?
\q1
\v 26 But you spare all things, because they are yours,
\q2 O Sovereign Lord, you lover of lives.


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\q1
\v 1 For your incorruptible spirit is in all things.
\q1
\v 2 Wherefore you convict little by little those who fall from the right way,
\q2 and, putting them in remembrance by the things wherein they sin, you admonish them,
\q2 that escaping from their wickedness they may believe in you, O Lord.
\b
\q1
\v 3 For truly the old inhabitants of your holy land,
\q2
\v 4 hating them because they practiced detestable works of enchantments and unholy rites—
\q2
\v 5 \f + \fr 12:5 \ft The words rendered \fqa slaughters \ft and \fqa impious \ft in verses 5 and 6 differ but slightly from the readings of the Greek text, which here yield no sense. \f*merciless slaughters of children
\q2 and sacrificial banquets of men’s flesh and of blood—
\q2
\v 6 allies in an impious fellowship,
\q2 and murderers of their own helpless babes,
\q2 it was your counsel to destroy by the hands of our fathers;
\q2
\v 7 that the land which in your sight is most precious of all
\q2 might receive a worthy colony of God’s servants.\f + \fr 12:7 \ft Or, \fqa children \f*
\q1
\v 8 Nevertheless you even spared these as men,
\q2 and you sent hornets\f + \fr 12:8 \ft Or, \fqa wasps \f* as forerunners of your army,
\q2 to cause them to perish little by little;
\q1
\v 9 Not that you were unable to subdue the ungodly under the hand of the righteous in battle,
\q2 or by terrible beasts or by a stern word to make away with them at once;
\q1
\v 10 but judging them little by little you gave them a chance to repent,
\q2 not being ignorant that their nature by birth was evil,
\q2 their wickedness inborn,
\q2 and that their manner of thought would never be changed.
\q1
\v 11 For they were a cursed seed from the beginning.
\q2 It wasn’t through fear of any that you left them unpunished for their sins.
\b
\q1
\v 12 For who will say, “What have you done?”
\q2 Or “Who will withstand your judgement?”
\q1 Who will accuse you for the perishing of nations which you caused?
\q2 Or who will come and stand before you as an avenger for unrighteous men?
\q1
\v 13 For there isn’t any God beside you that cares for all,
\q2 that you might show that you didn’t judge unrighteously.
\q1
\v 14 No king or prince will be able to look you in the face
\q2 for those whom you have punished.
\q1
\v 15 But being righteous, you rule all things righteously,
\q2 deeming it a thing alien from your power
\q2 to condemn one that does not deserve to be punished.
\q1
\v 16 For your strength is the beginning of righteousness,
\q2 and your sovereignty over all makes you to forbear all.
\q1
\v 17 For when men don’t believe that you are perfect in power, you show your strength,
\q2 \f + \fr 12:17 \ft The Greek text here is perhaps corrupt. \f*and in dealing with those who think this, you confuse their boldness.
\q1
\v 18 But you, being sovereign over strength, judge in gentleness,
\q2 and with great forbearance do you govern us;
\q2 for the power is yours whenever you desire it.
\b
\q1
\v 19 But you taught your people by such works as these,
\q2 how the righteous must be a lover of men.
\q1 You made your sons to have good hope,
\q2 because you give repentance when men have sinned.
\q1
\v 20 For if on those who were enemies of your servants\f + \fr 12:20 \ft Or, \fqa children \f* and due to death
\q2 you took vengeance with so great deliberation and indulgence,
\q2 giving them times and opportunities when they might escape from their wickedness;
\q1
\v 21 with how great carefulness you judged your sons,
\q2 to whose fathers you gave oaths and covenants of good promises!
\q1
\v 22 Therefore while you chasten us, you scourge our enemies ten thousand times more,
\q2 to the intent that we may ponder your goodness when we judge,
\q2 and when we are judged may look for mercy.
\q1
\v 23 Wherefore also the unrighteous that lived in folly of life,
\q2 you tormented through their own abominations.
\q1
\v 24 For truly they went astray very far in the ways of error,
\q2 Taking as gods those animals\f + \fr 12:24 \ft Gr. \fqa living creatures: \ft and so elsewhere in this book. \f* which even among their enemies were held in dishonor,
\q2 deceived like foolish babes.
\q1
\v 25 Therefore, as to unreasoning children, you sent your judgement to mock them.
\q1
\v 26 But those who would not be admonished by a mocking correction as of children
\q2 will experience a judgement worthy of God.
\q1
\v 27 For through the sufferings they were indignant of,
\q2 being punished in these creatures which they supposed to be gods,
\q2 they saw and recognized as the true God him whom they refused to know.
\q2 Therefore also the result of condemnation came upon them.
\b


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\q1
\v 1 For truly all men who had no perception of God were vain by nature,
\q2 and didn’t gain power to know him who exists from the good things that are seen.
\q2 They didn’t recognize the architect from his works.
\q1
\v 2 But they thought that either fire, or wind, or swift air,
\q2 or circling stars, or raging water, or luminaries of heaven
\q2 were gods that rule the world.
\q1
\v 3 If it was through delight in their beauty that they took them to be gods,
\q2 let them know how much better their Sovereign Lord is than these,
\q2 for the first author of beauty created them.
\q1
\v 4 But if it was through astonishment at their power and influence,
\q2 then let them understand from them how much more powerful he who formed them is.
\q1
\v 5 For from the greatness of the beauty of created things,
\q2 mankind forms the corresponding image of their Maker.\f + \fr 13:5 \ft Gr. \fqa is the first maker of them seen.\f*
\q1
\v 6 But yet for these men there is but small blame,
\q2 for they too perhaps go astray
\q2 while they are seeking God and desiring to find him.
\q1
\v 7 For they diligently search while living among his works,
\q2 and they trust their sight that the things that they look at are beautiful.
\q1
\v 8 But again even they are not to be excused.
\q1
\v 9 For if they had power to know so much,
\q2 that they should be able to explore the world,
\q2 how is it that they didn’t find the Sovereign Lord sooner?
\b
\q1
\v 10 But miserable \f + \fr 13:10 \ft Or, are \f* \add were \add* they, and \f + \fr 13:10 \ft Or, \fqa among \f* in dead things \f + \fr 13:10 \ft Or, are \f* \add were \add* their hopes,
\q2 Who called them gods which are works of men’s hands,
\q2 gold and silver, skillfully made, and likenesses of animals,
\q2 or a useless stone, the work of an ancient hand.
\q1
\v 11 Yes and if some \f + \fr 13:11 \ft Gr. \fqa carpenter who is a woodcutter. \f* woodcutter, having sawn down a \f + \fr 13:11 \ft Gr. \fqa plant. \ft The Greek word, slightly changed, would mean \fqa trunk \f* tree that is easily moved,
\q2 skillfully strips away all its bark,
\q2 and fashioning it in attractive form, makes a useful vessel to serve his life’s needs.
\q1
\v 12 Burning the scraps from his handiwork to cook his food,
\q2 he eats his fill.
\q1
\v 13 Taking a discarded scrap which served no purpose,
\q2 a crooked piece of wood and full of knots,
\q2 carves it with the diligence of his idleness,
\q2 and shapes it by the skill of his \f + \fr 13:13 \ft Or, \fqa leisure \f* idleness.
\q1 He shapes it in the image of a man,
\q2
\v 14 or makes it like some paltry animal,
\q2 smearing it with something red, painting it red,
\q2 and smearing over every stain in it.
\q1
\v 15 Having made a worthy chamber for it,
\q2 he sets it in a wall, securing it with iron.
\q1
\v 16 He plans for it that it may not fall down,
\q2 knowing that it is unable to help itself
\q2 (for truly it is an image, and needs help).
\q1
\v 17 When he makes his prayer concerning goods and his marriage and children,
\q2 he is not ashamed to speak to that which has no life.
\q1
\v 18 Yes, for health, he calls upon that which is weak.
\q2 For life, he implores that which is dead.
\q2 For aid, he supplicates that which has no experience.
\q2 For a good journey, he asks that which can’t so much as move a step.
\q1
\v 19 And for profit in business and good success of his hands,
\q2 he asks ability from that which has hands with no ability.


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\c 14
\q1
\v 1 Again, one preparing to sail, and about to journey over raging waves,
\q2 calls upon a piece of wood more rotten than the vessel that carries him.
\q1
\v 2 For the hunger for profit planned it,
\q2 and wisdom was the craftsman who built it.
\q1
\v 3 Your providence, O Father, guides it along,
\q2 because even in the sea you gave a way,
\q2 and in the waves a sure path,
\q1
\v 4 showing that you can save out of every danger,
\q2 that even a man without skill may put to sea.
\q1
\v 5 It is your will that the works of your wisdom should be not idle.
\q2 Therefore men also entrust their lives to a little piece of wood,
\q2 and passing through the surge on a raft come safely to land.
\q1
\v 6 For \f + \fr 14:6 \ft The Greek text here may be corrupt. \f* in the old time also, when proud giants were perishing,
\q2 the hope of the world, taking refuge on a raft,
\q2 your hand guided the seed of generations of the race of men.
\q1
\v 7 For blessed is wood through which comes righteousness;
\q2
\v 8 but the idol made with hands is accursed, itself and he that made it;
\q2 because his was the working, and the corruptible thing was called a god:
\q1
\v 9 For both the ungodly and his ungodliness are alike hateful to God;
\q2
\v 10 for truly the deed will be punished together with him who committed it.
\q2
\v 11 Therefore also there will be a visitation among the idols of the nation,
\q2 because, though formed of things which God created, they were made an abomination,
\q2 stumbling blocks to the souls of men,
\q2 and a snare to the feet of the foolish.
\b
\q1
\v 12 For the devising of idols was the beginning of fornication,
\q2 and the invention of them the corruption of life.
\q1
\v 13 For they didn’t exist from the beginning, and they won’t exist forever.
\q1
\v 14 For by the vaingloriousness of men they entered into the world,
\q2 and therefore was a speedy end is planned for them.
\q1
\v 15 For a father worn with untimely grief,
\q2 making an image of the child quickly taken away,
\q2 now honored him as a god which was then a dead man,
\q2 and delivered to those that were under him mysteries and solemn rites.
\q1
\v 16 Afterward the ungodly custom, in process of time grown strong, was kept as a law,
\q2 and the engraved images received worship by the commandments of princes.
\q1
\v 17 And when men could not honor them in presence because they lived far off,
\q2 imagining the likeness from afar,
\q2 they made a visible image of the king whom they honored,
\q2 that by their zeal they might flatter the absent as if present.
\q1
\v 18 But worship was raised to a yet higher pitch, even by those who didn’t know him,
\q2 urged forward by the ambition of the architect;
\q1
\v 19 for he, wishing perhaps to please one in authority,
\q2 used his art to force the likeness toward a greater beauty.
\q1
\v 20 So the multitude, allured by reason of the grace of his handiwork,
\q2 now consider an object of devotion him that a little before was honored as a man.
\q1
\v 21 And this became an ambush,
\q2 because men, in bondage either to calamity or to tyranny,
\q2 invested stones and stocks with the incommunicable Name.
\b
\q1
\v 22 Afterward it was not enough for them to go astray concerning the knowledge of God;
\q2 but also, while they live in a great war of ignorance that they call a multitude of evils peace.
\q1
\v 23 For either slaughtering children in solemn rites, or celebrating secret mysteries,
\q2 or holding frantic revels of strange ordinances,
\q1
\v 24 no longer do they guard either life or purity of marriage,
\q2 but one brings upon another either death by treachery, or anguish by adultery.
\q1
\v 25 And all things confusedly are filled with blood and murder, theft and deceit,
\q2 corruption, faithlessness, tumult, perjury,
\q1
\v 26 confusion about what is good, forgetfulness of favors,
\q2 ingratitude for benefits,
\q2 defiling of souls, confusion of sex,
\q2 disorder in marriage, adultery and wantonness.
\q2
\v 27 For the worship of idols that may not be named \x + \xo 14:27 \xt Exodus 23:13; Psalm 16:4; Hosea 2:17; Wisdom 14:21\x*
\q2 is a beginning and cause and end of every evil.
\q1
\v 28 For their worshipers either make merry to madness, or prophesy lies,
\q2 or live unrighteously, or lightly commit perjury.
\q1
\v 29 For putting their trust in lifeless idols,
\q2 when they have sworn a wicked oath, they expect not to suffer harm.
\q1
\v 30 But for both, the just doom will pursue them,
\q2 because they had evil thoughts of God by giving heed to idols,
\q2 and swore unrighteously in deceit through contempt for holiness.
\q1
\v 31 For it is not the power of them by whom men swear,
\q2 but it is the just penalty for those who sin
\q2 that always visits the transgression of the unrighteous.
\b


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\c 15
\q1
\v 1 But you, our God, are gracious and true,
\q2 patient, and in mercy ordering all things.
\q1
\v 2 For even if we sin, we are yours, knowing your dominion;
\q2 but we will not sin, knowing that we have been accounted yours.
\q1
\v 3 For to be acquainted with you is \f + \fr 15:3 \ft Gr. \fqa entire. \f* perfect righteousness,
\q2 and to know your dominion is the root of immortality.
\q1
\v 4 For we weren’t led astray by any evil plan of men’s,
\q2 nor yet by painters’ fruitless labor,
\q2 a form stained with varied colors,
\q1
\v 5 the sight of which leads fools into \f + \fr 15:5 \ft Some authorities read \fqa reproach. \f* lust.
\q2 Their desire is for the breathless form of a dead image.
\q1
\v 6 Lovers of evil things, and worthy of such hopes,
\q2 are those who make, desire, and worship them.
\b
\q1
\v 7 For a potter, kneading soft earth,
\q2 laboriously molds each article for our service.
\q1 He fashions out of the same clay
\q2 both the vessels that minister to clean uses, and those of a contrary sort,
\q2 all in like manner.
\q1 What shall be the use of each article of either sort,
\q2 the potter is the judge.
\q1
\v 8 Also, laboring to an evil end, he molds a vain god out of the same clay,
\q2 he who, having but a little before been made of earth,
\q2 after a short space goes his way to the earth out of which he was taken,
\q2 when he is required to render back the \f + \fr 15:8 \ft Or, \fqa life \f* soul which was lent him.
\q1
\v 9 However he has anxious care,
\q2 not because his powers must fail,
\q2 nor because his span of life is short;
\q1 But he compares himself with goldsmiths and silversmiths,
\q2 and he imitates molders in \f + \fr 15:9 \ft Or, \fqa copper \f* brass,
\q2 and esteems it glory that he molds counterfeits.
\q1
\v 10 His heart is ashes.
\q2 His hope is of less value than earth.
\q2 His life is of less honor than clay;
\q1
\v 11 because he was ignorant of him who molded him,
\q2 and of him that inspired into him \f + \fr 15:11 \ft Gr. \fqa a soul that moves to activity. \f* an active \f + \fr 15:11 \ft Or, \fqa life \f* soul,
\q2 and breathed into him a vital spirit.
\q1
\v 12 But \f + \fr 15:12 \ft Some authorities read \fqa they accounted. \f* he accounted our life to be a game,
\q2 and our \f + \fr 15:12 \ft Or, \fqa way of life \f* lifetime a festival for profit;
\q1 for, he says, one must get gain however one can, even if it is by evil.
\q1
\v 13 For this man beyond all others knows that he sins,
\q2 out of earthy matter making brittle vessels and graven images.
\q1
\v 14 But most foolish and more miserable than a baby,
\q2 are the enemies of your people, who oppressed them;
\q1
\v 15 because they even considered all the idols of the nations to be gods,
\q2 which have neither the use of eyes for seeing,
\q2 nor nostrils for drawing breath,
\q2 nor ears to hear,
\q2 nor fingers for handling,
\q2 and their feet are helpless for walking.
\q1
\v 16 For a man made them,
\q2 and one whose own spirit is borrowed molded them;
\q2 for no one has power as a man to mold a god like to himself.
\q1
\v 17 But, being mortal, he makes a dead thing by the work of lawless hands;
\q2 for he is better than the objects of his worship,
\q2 since he indeed had life, but they never did.
\b
\q1
\v 18 Yes, and they worship the creatures that are most hateful,
\q2 for, being compared as to lack of sense, these are worse than all others;
\q1
\v 19 Neither, as seen beside other creatures, are they beautiful, so that one should desire them,
\q2 but they have escaped both the praise of God and his blessing.


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\q1
\v 1 For this cause, they were deservedly punished through creatures like those which they worship,
\q2 and tormented through a multitude of vermin.
\q1
\v 2 Instead of this punishment, you, giving benefits to your people,
\q2 prepared quails for food,
\q1 a delicacy to satisfy the desire of their appetite,
\q1
\v 3 to the end that your enemies, desiring food,
\q2 might for the hideousness of the creatures sent among them,
\q2 loathe even the necessary appetite;
\q1 but these, your people, having for a short time suffered lack,
\q2 might even partake of delicacies.
\q1
\v 4 For it was necessary that inescapable lack should come upon those oppressors,
\q2 but that to these it should only be showed how their enemies were tormented.
\q1
\v 5 For even when terrible raging of wild beasts came upon your people,
\q2 and they were perishing by the bites of crooked serpents,
\q2 your wrath didn’t continue to the uttermost;
\q1
\v 6 but for admonition were they troubled for a short time,
\q2 having a token of salvation
\q2 to put them in remembrance of the commandment of your law;
\q1
\v 7 for he who turned toward it was not saved because of that which was seen,
\q2 but because of you, the Savior of all.
\q1
\v 8 Yes, and in this you persuaded our enemies
\q2 that you are he who delivers out of every evil.
\q1
\v 9 For the bites of locusts and flies truly killed them.
\q2 No healing for their life was found,
\q2 because they were worthy to be punished by such things.
\q1
\v 10 But your children weren’t overcome by the very teeth of venomous dragons,
\q2 for your mercy passed by where they were and healed them.
\q1
\v 11 For they were bitten to put them in remembrance of your oracles,
\q2 and were quickly saved, lest, falling into deep forgetfulness,
\q2 they should become unable to respond to your kindness.
\q1
\v 12 For truly it was neither herb nor mollifying plaster that cured them,
\q2 but your word, O Lord, which heals all things.
\q1
\v 13 For you have authority over life and death,
\q2 and you lead down to the gates of Hades, and lead up again.
\q1
\v 14 But though a man kills by his wickedness,
\q2 he can’t retrieve the spirit that has departed
\q2 or release the soul the imprisoned soul.
\b
\q1
\v 15 But it is not possible to escape your hand;
\q1
\v 16 for ungodly men, refusing to know you, were scourged in the strength of your arm,
\q2 pursued with strange rains and hails and relentless storms,
\q2 and utterly consumed with fire.
\q1
\v 17 For, what was most marvelous,
\q2 in the water which quenches all things, the fire burned hotter;
\q2 for the world fights for the righteous.
\q1
\v 18 For at one time the flame lost its fierceness,
\q2 that it might not burn up the creatures sent against the ungodly,
\q2 but that these themselves as they looked might see that they were chased through the judgement of God.
\q1
\v 19 At another time even in the midst of water it burns above the power of fire,
\q2 that it may destroy the products fruits of an unrighteous land.
\q1
\v 20 Instead of these things, you gave your people angels’ food to eat,
\q2 and you provided ready-to-eat bread for them from heaven without toil,
\q2 having the virtue of every pleasant flavor,
\q2 and agreeable to every taste.
\q1
\v 21 For your nature showed your sweetness toward your children,
\q2 while that bread, serving the desire of the eater,
\q2 changed itself according to every man’s choice.
\q1
\v 22 But snow and ice endured fire, and didn’t melt,
\q2 that people might know that fire was destroying the fruits of the enemies,
\q2 burning in the hail and flashing in the rains;
\q1
\v 23 and that this fire again, in order that righteous people may be nourished,
\q2 has even forgotten its own power.
\q1
\v 24 For the creation, ministering to you its maker,
\q2 strains its force against the unrighteous for punishment
\q2 and slackens it on behalf of those who trust in you, for kindness.
\q1
\v 25 Therefore at that time also, converting itself into all forms,
\q2 it ministered to your all-nourishing bounty,
\q2 according to the desire of those who had need,
\q1
\v 26 that your sons, whom you loved, O Lord, might learn
\q2 that it is not the growth of crops that nourishes a man,
\q2 but that your word preserves those who trust you.
\q1
\v 27 For that which was not marred by fire,
\q2 when it was simply warmed by a faint sunbeam melted away,
\q1
\v 28 that it might be known that we must rise before the sun to give you thanks,
\q2 and must plead with you at the dawning of the light;
\q1
\v 29 for the hope of the unthankful will melt as the winter’s hoar frost,
\q2 and will flow away as water that has no use.
\b


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\q1
\v 1 For your judgments are great, and hard to interpret;
\q2 therefore undisciplined souls went astray.
\q1
\v 2 For when lawless men had supposed that they held a holy nation in their power,
\q2 they, prisoners of darkness, and bound in the fetters of a long night,
\q2 kept close beneath their roofs,
\q2 lay exiled from the eternal providence.
\q1
\v 3 For while they thought that they were unseen in \add their \add* secret sins,
\q2 they were divided from one another by a dark curtain of forgetfulness,
\q2 stricken with terrible awe, and very troubled by apparitions.
\q1
\v 4 For neither did the dark recesses that held them guard them from fears,
\q2 But terrifying sounds rang around them,
\q2 and dismal phantoms appeared with unsmiling faces.
\q1
\v 5 And no force of fire prevailed to give light,
\q2 neither were the brightest flames of the stars strong enough to illuminate that gloomy night;
\q1
\v 6 but only the glimmering of a self-kindled fire appeared to them, full of fear.
\q2 In terror, they considered the things which they saw
\q2 to be worse than that sight, on which they could not gaze.
\q1
\v 7 The mockeries of their magic arts were powerless, now,
\q2 and a shameful rebuke of their boasted understanding:
\q1
\v 8 For those who promised to drive away terrors and disorders from a sick soul,
\q2 these were sick with a ludicrous fearfulness.
\q1
\v 9 For even if no troubling thing frighted them,
\q2 yet, scared with the creeping of vermin and hissing of serpents,
\q1
\v 10 they perished trembling in fear,
\q2 refusing even to look at the air, which could not be escaped on any side.
\q1
\v 11 For wickedness, condemned by a witness within, is a coward thing,
\q2 and, being pressed hard by conscience, always has added forecasts of the worst.
\q2
\v 12 For fear is nothing else but a surrender of the help which reason offers;
\q2
\v 13 and from within, the expectation of being less
\q2 makes of greater account the ignorance of the cause that brings the torment.
\q1
\v 14 But they, all through the night which was powerless indeed,
\q2 and which came upon them out of the recesses of powerless Hades,
\q2 sleeping the same sleep,
\q2
\v 15 now were haunted by monstrous apparitions,
\q2 and now were paralyzed by their soul’s surrendering;
\q2 for sudden and unexpected fear came upon them.
\q1
\v 16 So then whoever it might be, sinking down in his place,
\q2 was kept captive, shut up in that prison which was not barred with iron;
\q1
\v 17 for whether he was a farmer, or a shepherd,
\q2 or a laborer whose toils were in the wilderness,
\q2 he was overtaken, and endured that inevitable necessity;
\q2 for they were all bound with one chain of darkness.
\q1
\v 18 Whether there was a whistling wind,
\q2 or a melodious sound of birds among the spreading branches,
\q2 or a measured fall of water running violently,
\q2
\v 19 or a harsh crashing of rocks hurled down,
\q2 or the swift course of animals bounding along unseen,
\q2 or the voice of wild beasts harshly roaring,
\q2 or an echo rebounding from the hollows of the mountains,
\q2 all these things paralyzed them with terror.
\q1
\v 20 For the whole world was illuminated with clear light,
\q2 and was occupied with unhindered works,
\q2
\v 21 while over them alone was spread a heavy night,
\q2 an image of the darkness that should afterward receive them;
\q2 but to themselves, they were heavier than darkness.


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\q1
\v 1 But for your holy ones there was great light.
\q2 Their enemies, hearing their voice but seeing not their form,
\q2 counted it a happy thing that they too had suffered,
\q1
\v 2 fet for that they do not hurt them, though wronged by them before, they are thankful;
\q2 and because they had been at variance with them, they begged for pardon.
\q1
\v 3 Whereas you provided a burning pillar of fire,
\q2 to be a guide for your people’s unknown journey,
\q2 and a harmless sun for their glorious exile.
\q1
\v 4 For the Egyptians well deserved to be deprived of light and imprisoned by darkness,
\q2 they who had imprisoned your children,
\q2 through whom the incorruptible light of the law was to be given to the race of men.
\b
\q1
\v 5 After they had taken counsel to kill the babes of the holy ones,
\q2 and when a single child had been abandoned and saved to convict them of their sin,
\q2 you took away from them their multitude of children,
\q2 and destroyed all their army together in a mighty flood.
\q1
\v 6 Our fathers were made aware of that night beforehand,
\q2 that, having sure knowledge, they might be cheered by the oaths which they had trusted.
\q1
\v 7 Salvation of the righteous and destruction of the enemies was expected by your people.
\q1
\v 8 For as you took vengeance on the adversaries,
\q2 by the same means, calling us to yourself, you glorified us.
\q1
\v 9 For holy children of good men offered sacrifice in secret,
\q2 and with one consent they took upon themselves the covenant of the divine law,
\q2 that they would partake alike in the same good things and the same perils,
\q2 the fathers already leading the sacred songs of praise.
\q1
\v 10 But the discordant cry of the enemies echoed back,
\q2 and a pitiful voice of lamentation for children was spread abroad.
\q1
\v 11 Both servant and master were punished with the same just doom,
\q2 and the commoner suffering the same as king;
\q1
\v 12 Yes, they all together, under one form of death,
\q2 had corpses without number.
\q1 For the living were not sufficient even to bury them,
\q2 Since at a single stroke, their most cherished offspring was consumed.
\q1
\v 13 For while they were disbelieving all things by reason of the enchantments,
\q2 upon the destruction of the firstborn they confessed the people to be God’s son.
\q1
\v 14 For while peaceful silence wrapped all things,
\q2 and night in her own swiftness was in mid course,
\q1
\v 15 your all-powerful word leaped from heaven out of the royal thrones,
\q2 a stern warrior, into the midst of the doomed land,
\q1
\v 16 bearing as a sharp sword your authentic commandment,
\q2 and standing, it filled all things with death,
\q2 and while it touched the heaven it stood upon the earth.
\q1
\v 17 Then immediately apparitions in dreams terribly troubled them,
\q2 and unexpected fears came upon them.
\q1
\v 18 And each, one thrown here half dead, another there,
\q2 made known why he was dying;
\q1
\v 19 for the dreams, disturbing them, did forewarned them of this,
\q2 that they might not perish without knowing why they were afflicted.
\b
\q1
\v 20 But experience of death also touched the righteous,
\q2 and a multitude were destroyed in the wilderness,
\q2 however the wrath didn’t last long.
\q1
\v 21 For a blameless man hurried to be their champion,
\q2 bringing the weapon of his own ministry,
\q2 prayer and the atoning sacrifice of incense,
\q2 he withstood the indignation, and set an end to the calamity,
\q2 showing that he was your servant.
\q1
\v 22 And he overcame the anger,
\q2 not by strength of body, not by force of weapons,
\q2 but he subdued him who was punishing by word,
\q2 by bringing to remembrance oaths and covenants made with the fathers.
\q1
\v 23 For when the dead had already fallen in heaps one upon another,
\q2 standing between he stopped the wrath,
\q2 and cut off the way to the living.
\q1
\v 24 For the whole world was upon his long robe,
\q2 and the glories of the fathers were upon the engraving of the four rows of precious stones,
\q2 and your majesty was upon the diadem of his head.
\q1
\v 25 The destroyer yielded to these, and they feared;
\q2 for it was enough only to test the wrath.
\b


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\q1
\v 1 But indignation without mercy came upon the ungodly to the end;
\q2 For God also foreknew their future,
\q1
\v 2 how, having changed their minds to let your people go,
\q2 and having sped them eagerly on their way,
\q2 they would change their minds and pursue them.
\q1
\v 3 For while they were yet in the midst of their mourning,
\q2 and lamenting at the graves of the dead,
\q2 they drew upon themselves another counsel of folly,
\q2 and pursued as fugitives those whom they had begged to leave and driven out.
\q1
\v 4 For the doom which they deserved was drawing them to this end,
\q2 and it made them forget the things that had happened to them,
\q2 that they might fill up the punishment which was yet lacking to their torments,
\q2
\v 5 and that your people might journey on by a marvelous road,
\q2 but they themselves might find a strange death.
\b
\q1
\v 6 For the whole creation, each part in its diverse kind, was made new again,
\q2 complying with your commandments,
\q2 that your servants might be kept unharmed.
\q1
\v 7 Then the cloud that overshadowed the camp was seen,
\q2 and dry land rising up out of what had been water,
\q2 out of the Red sea an unhindered highway,
\q2 and a grassy plain out of the violent surge,
\q2
\v 8 by which they passed over with all their army,
\q2 these who were covered with your hand,
\q2 having seen strange marvels.
\q1
\v 9 For like horses they roamed at large,
\q2 and they skipped about like lambs,
\q2 praising you, O Lord, who was their deliverer.
\q1
\v 10 For they still remembered the things that happened in the time of their sojourning,
\q2 how instead of bearing cattle, the land brought forth lice,
\q2 and instead of fish, the river spewed out a multitude of frogs.
\q1
\v 11 But afterwards, they also saw a new generation race of birds,
\q2 when, led on by desire, they asked for luxurious dainties;
\q1
\v 12 For, to comfort them, quails came up for them from the sea.
\b
\q1
\v 13 Punishments came upon the sinners,
\q2 not without the signs that were given beforehand by the force of the thunders;
\q2 for they justly suffered through their own wickednesses,
\q2 for the hatred which they practiced toward guests was grievous indeed.
\q1
\v 14 For whereas the others didn’t receive the strangers when they came to them,
\q2 the Egyptians made slaves of guests who were their benefactors.
\q1
\v 15 And not only so, but God will visit the men of Sodom another way,
\q2 since they received as enemies those who were aliens;
\q2
\v 16 whereas these first welcomed with feastings,
\q2 and then afflicted with dreadful toils,
\q2 those who had already shared with them in the same rights.
\q1
\v 17 And moreover they were stricken with loss of sight
\q2 (even as were those others at the righteous man’s doors),
\q2 when, being surrounded with yawning darkness,
\q2 they each looked for the passage through his own door.
\q1
\v 18 For as the notes of a lute vary the character of the rhythm,
\q2 even so the elements, changing their order one with another,
\q2 continuing always in its sound,
\q2 as may clearly be conjectured from the sight of the things that have happened.
\q1
\v 19 For creatures of the dry land were turned into creatures of the waters,
\q2 and creatures that swim moved upon the land.
\q1
\v 20 Fire kept the mastery of its own power in water,
\q2 and water forgot its quenching nature.
\q1
\v 21 On the contrary, flames didn’t consume flesh of perishable creatures that walked among them,
\q2 neither did they melt the ice-like grains of ambrosial food that were apt to melt.
\q1
\v 22 For in all things, O Lord, you magnified your people,
\q2 and you glorified them and didn’t lightly regard them,
\q2 standing by their side in every time and place.


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\q1
\v 1 For they said \f + \fr 2:1 \ft Or, \fqa among \f* within themselves, with unsound reasoning,
\q2 “Our life is short and sorrowful.
\q2 There is no healing when a man comes to his end,
\q2 and no one was ever known that \f + \fr 2:1 \ft Or, \fqa returned out of Hades \f* was released from Hades.
\q1
\v 2 Because we were born by mere chance,
\q2 and hereafter we will be as though we had never been;
\q2 because the breath in our nostrils is smoke,
\q2 and reason is a spark kindled by the beating of our heart;
\q1
\v 3 which being extinguished, the body will be turned into ashes,
\q2 and the spirit will be dispersed as thin air.
\q1
\v 4 Our name will be forgotten in time.
\q2 No one will remember our works.
\q2 Our life will pass away as the traces of a cloud,
\q2 and will be scattered as is a mist,
\q2 when it is chased by the rays of the sun,
\q2 and \f + \fr 2:4 \ft Gr. \fqa weighed down. \f* overcome by its heat.
\q1
\v 5 For our allotted time is the passing of a shadow,
\q2 and \f + \fr 2:5 \ft Or, \fqa there is no putting back of our end \f* our end doesn’t retreat;
\q2 because it is securely sealed, and no one \f + \fr 2:5 \ft Or, \fqa comes again \f* turns it back.
\b
\q1
\v 6 “Come therefore and let’s enjoy the good things \f + \fr 2:6 \ft Or, \fqa that are \f* that \add now \add* exist.
\q2 Let’s use the creation earnestly as in our youth.
\q1
\v 7 Let’s fill ourselves with costly wine and perfumes,
\q2 and let no Spring flower pass us by.
\q1
\v 8 Let’s crown ourselves with rosebuds before they wither.
\q1
\v 9 Let none of us go without his share in our proud revelry.
\q2 Let’s leave tokens of mirth everywhere,
\q2 because this is our portion, and this is our lot.
\q1
\v 10 Let’s oppress the righteous poor.
\q2 Let’s not spare the widow,
\q2 nor reverence the gray hair of the old man.
\q1
\v 11 But let our strength be a law of righteousness;
\q2 for that which is weak is proven useless.
\q1
\v 12 But let’s lie in wait for the righteous man,
\q2 because he annoys us,
\q2 is contrary to our works,
\q2 reproaches us with sins against the law,
\q2 and charges us with sins against our training.
\q1
\v 13 He professes to have knowledge of God,
\q2 and calls himself a child of the Lord.
\q1
\v 14 He became to us a reproof of our thoughts.
\q1
\v 15 He is grievous to us even to look at,
\q2 because his life is unlike other men’s,
\q2 and his paths are strange.
\q1
\v 16 We were regarded by him as worthless metal,
\q2 and he abstains from our ways as from uncleanness.
\q2 He calls the latter end of the righteous happy.
\q2 He boasts that God is his father.
\q1
\v 17 Let’s see if his words are true.
\q2 Let’s test what will happen at the end of his life.
\q1
\v 18 For if the righteous man is God’s son, he will uphold him,
\q2 and he will deliver him out of the hand of his adversaries.
\q1
\v 19 Let’s test him with outrage and torture,
\q2 that we may find out how gentle he is,
\q2 and test his patience.
\q1
\v 20 Let’s condemn him to a shameful death,
\q2 for he will be overseen according to his words.”
\b
\q1
\v 21 Thus they reasoned, and they were led astray;
\q2 for their wickedness blinded them,
\q1
\v 22 and they didn’t know the mysteries of God,
\q2 neither did they hope for wages of holiness,
\q2 nor did they discern that there is a prize for blameless souls.
\q1
\v 23 Because God created man for incorruption,
\q2 and made him an image of his own everlastingness;
\q1
\v 24 but death entered into the world by the envy of the devil,
\q2 and those who belong to him experience it.


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\q1
\v 1 But the souls of the righteous are in the hand of God,
\q2 and no torment will touch them.
\q1
\v 2 In the eyes of the foolish they seemed to have died.
\q2 Their departure was considered affliction,
\q2
\v 3 and their travel away from us ruin;
\q2 But they are in peace.
\q1
\v 4 For even if in the sight of men they are punished,
\q2 their hope is full of immortality.
\q1
\v 5 Having borne a little chastening, they will receive great good;
\q2 because God tested them, and found them worthy of himself.
\q1
\v 6 He tested them like gold in the furnace,
\q2 and he accepted them as a whole burnt offering.
\q1
\v 7 In the time of their visitation they will shine.
\q2 They will run back and forth like sparks among stubble.
\q1
\v 8 They will judge nations and have dominion over peoples.
\q2 The Lord will reign over them forever.
\q2
\v 9 Those who trust him will understand truth.
\q2 \f + \fr 3:9 \ft Or, \fqa Those who are faithful through love will live with him \f* The faithful will live with him in love,
\q2 because grace and mercy are with his chosen ones.
\b
\q1
\v 10 But the ungodly will be punished even as they reasoned,
\q2 those who neglected righteousness and revolted from the Lord;
\q2
\v 11 for he who despises wisdom and discipline is miserable.
\q1 Their hope is void and their toils unprofitable.
\q2 Their works are useless.
\q1
\v 12 Their wives are foolish and their children are wicked.
\q2
\v 13 Their descendants are cursed,
\q2 because the barren woman who is undefiled is happy,
\q2 she who has not conceived in transgression.
\q2 She will have fruit in the visitation of souls.
\q1
\v 14 So is the eunuch which has done no lawless deed with his hands,
\q2 nor imagined wicked things against the Lord;
\q1 for a precious gift will be given to him for his faithfulness, a special favor,
\q2 and a delightful inheritance in the Lord’s sanctuary.
\q1
\v 15 For good labors have fruit of great renown.
\q2 The root of understanding can’t fail.
\q1
\v 16 But children of adulterers will not come to maturity.
\q2 The seed of an unlawful bed will vanish away.
\q1
\v 17 For if they live long, they will not be esteemed,
\q2 and in the end, their old age will be without honor.
\q1
\v 18 If they die quickly, they will have no hope,
\q2 nor consolation in the day of decision.
\q1
\v 19 For the end of an unrighteous generation is always grievous.


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\q1
\v 1 It is better to be childless with virtue,
\q2 for immortality is in the memory of virtue,
\q2 because it is recognized both before God and before men.
\q1
\v 2 When it is present, people imitate it.
\q2 They long after it when it has departed.
\q1 \f + \fr 4:2 \ft Gr. \fqa in the age.\f*Throughout all time it marches crowned in triumph,
\q2 victorious in the competition for the prizes that are undefiled.
\q1
\v 3 But the multiplying brood of the ungodly will be of no profit,
\q2 and their illegitimate offshoots won’t take deep root,
\q2 nor will they establish a sure hold.
\q1
\v 4 For even if they grow branches and flourish for a season,
\q2 standing unsure, they will be shaken by the wind.
\q2 They will be uprooted by the violence of winds.
\q1
\v 5 Their branches will be broken off before they come to maturity.
\q2 Their fruit will be useless,
\q2 never ripe to eat, and fit for nothing.
\q1
\v 6 For unlawfully conceived children are witnesses of wickedness
\q2 against parents when they are investigated.
\b
\q1
\v 7 But a righteous man, even if he dies before his time, will be at rest.
\q1
\v 8 For honorable old age is not that which stands in length of time,
\q2 nor is its measure given by number of years:
\q1
\v 9 But understanding is gray hair to men,
\q2 and an unspotted life is ripe old age.
\q1
\v 10 Being found well-pleasing to God, he was loved.
\q2 While living among sinners he was transported.
\q1
\v 11 He was caught away, lest evil should change his understanding,
\q2 or guile deceive his soul.
\q1
\v 12 For the witchcraft of worthlessness obscures the things which are good,
\q2 and the whirl of desire perverts an innocent mind.
\q1
\v 13 Being made perfect quickly,
\q2 he filled a long time;
\q2
\v 14 for his soul was pleasing to the Lord.
\q2 Therefore he hurried out of the midst of wickedness.
\q1
\v 15 But as for the peoples seeing and not understanding,
\q2 not considering this, that grace and mercy are with his chosen,
\q2 and that he visits his holy ones—
\q1
\v 16 but a righteous man who is dead will condemn the ungodly who are living,
\q2 and youth that is quickly perfected will condemn the many years of an unrighteous man’s old age.
\q1
\v 17 For the ungodly will see a wise man’s end,
\q2 and won’t understand what the Lord planned for him,
\q2 and why he safely kept him.
\q1
\v 18 They will see, and they will despise;
\q2 but the Lord will laugh them to scorn.
\q1 After this, they will become a dishonored carcass
\q2 and a reproach among the dead forever;
\q1
\v 19 because he will dash them speechless to the ground,
\q2 and will shake them from the foundations.
\q1 They will lie utterly waste.
\q2 They will be in anguish
\q2 and their memory will perish.
\b
\q1
\v 20 They will come with coward fear when their sins are counted.
\q2 Their lawless deeds will convict them to their face.


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\q1
\v 1 Then the righteous man will stand in great boldness
\q2 before the face of those who afflicted him,
\q2 and those who make his labors of no account.
\q1
\v 2 When they see him, they will be troubled with terrible fear,
\q2 and will be amazed at the marvel of salvation.
\q1
\v 3 They will speak among themselves repenting,
\q2 and for distress of spirit they will groan,
\q2 “This was he whom we used to hold in derision,
\q2 as a parable of reproach.
\q1
\v 4 We fools considered his life madness,
\q2 and his end without honor.
\q1
\v 5 How was he counted among sons of God?
\q2 How is his lot among saints?
\q1
\v 6 Truly we went astray from the way of truth.
\q2 The light of righteousness didn’t shine for us.
\q2 The sun didn’t rise for us.
\q1
\v 7 We \f + \fr 5:7 \ft See Proverbs 14:14. \f* took our fill of the paths of lawlessness and destruction.
\q2 We traveled through trackless deserts,
\q2 but we didn’t know the Lord’s way.
\q1
\v 8 What did our arrogance profit us?
\q2 What good have riches and boasting brought us?
\q1
\v 9 Those things all passed away as a shadow,
\q2 like a message that runs by,
\q2
\v 10 like a ship passing through the billowy water,
\q2 which, when it has gone by, there is no trace to be found,
\q2 no pathway of its keel in the billows.
\q1
\v 11 Or it is like when a bird flies through the air,
\q2 no evidence of its passage is found,
\q2 but the light wind, lashed with the stroke of its pinions,
\q2 and torn apart with the violent rush of the moving wings, is passed through.
\q2 Afterwards no sign of its coming remains.
\q1
\v 12 Or it is like when an arrow is shot at a mark,
\q2 the air disparted closes up again immediately,
\q2 so that men don’t know where it passed through.
\q1
\v 13 So we also, as soon as we were born, ceased to be;
\q2 and we had no sign of virtue to show,
\q2 but we were utterly consumed in our wickedness.”
\q1
\v 14 Because the hope of the ungodly man is like chaff carried by the wind,
\q2 and \f + \fr 5:14 \ft Gr. \fqa like foam chased to thinness: \ft or, \fqa as thin foam chased. \f* as \f + \fr 5:14 \ft Most Greek authorities read \fqa hoar frost: \ft some authorities, perhaps rightly, \fqa a spider’s web.\f* foam vanishing before a tempest;
\q2 and is scattered like smoke by the wind,
\q2 and passes by as the remembrance of a guest that waits but a day.
\b
\q1
\v 15 But the righteous live forever.
\q2 Their reward is in the Lord,
\q2 and the care for them with the Most High.
\q1
\v 16 Therefore they will receive the crown of royal dignity
\q2 and the diadem of beauty from the Lord’s hand;
\q1 because he will cover them with his right hand,
\q2 and he will shield them with his arm.
\q1
\v 17 He will take his jealousy as complete armor,
\q2 and will make the whole creation his weapons to punish his enemies:
\q1
\v 18 He will put on righteousness as a breastplate,
\q2 and will wear impartial judgement as a helmet.
\q1
\v 19 He will take holiness as an invincible shield.
\q2
\v 20 He will sharpen stern wrath for a sword.
\q2 The world will go with him to fight against his frenzied foes.
\q1
\v 21 Shafts of lightning will fly with true aim.
\q2 They will leap to the mark from the clouds, as from a well-drawn bow.
\q1
\v 22 Hailstones full of wrath will be hurled from an engine of war.
\q2 The water of the sea will be angered against them.
\q2 Rivers will sternly overwhelm them.
\q1
\v 23 A mighty blast will encounter them.
\q2 It will winnow them away like a tempest.
\q1 So lawlessness will make all the land desolate.
\q2 Their evil-doing will overturn the thrones of princes.


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\q1
\v 1 Hear therefore, you kings, and understand.
\q2 Learn, you judges of the ends of the earth.
\q2
\v 2 Give ear, you rulers who have dominion over many people,
\q2 and make your boast \f + \fr 6:2 \ft Or, \fqa in the multitudes of your nations \f* in multitudes of nations,
\q1
\v 3 because your dominion was given to you from the Lord,
\q2 and your sovereignty from the Most High.
\q1 He will search out your works,
\q2 and will inquire about your plans;
\q1
\v 4 because being officers of his kingdom, you didn’t judge rightly,
\q2 nor did you keep\f + \fr 6:4 \ft Or, \fqa the law \f* law,
\q2 nor did you walk according to God’s counsel.
\q1
\v 5 He will come upon you awfully and swiftly,
\q2 because a stern judgement comes on those who are in high place.
\q1
\v 6 For the man of low estate may be pardoned in mercy,
\q2 but mighty men will be mightily tested.
\q1
\v 7 For the Sovereign Lord of all will not be impressed with anyone,
\q2 neither will he show deference to greatness;
\q1 because it is he who made both small and great,
\q2 and cares about them all;
\q1
\v 8 but the scrutiny that comes upon the powerful is strict.
\q1
\v 9 Therefore, my words are to you, O princes,
\q2 that you may learn wisdom and not fall away.
\q1
\v 10 For those who have kept the things that are holy in holiness will be made holy.
\q2 Those who have been taught them will find what to say in defense.
\q1
\v 11 Therefore set your desire on my words.
\q2 Long for them, and you princes will be instructed.
\b
\q1
\v 12 Wisdom is radiant and doesn’t fade away;
\q2 and is easily seen by those who love her,
\q2 and found by those who seek her.
\q1
\v 13 She anticipates those who desire her, making herself known.
\q1
\v 14 He who rises up early to seek her won’t have difficulty,
\q2 for he will find her sitting at his gates.
\q2
\v 15 For to think upon her is perfection of understanding,
\q2 and he who watches for her will quickly be free from care;
\q1
\v 16 because she herself goes around, seeking those who are worthy of her,
\q2 and in their paths she appears to them graciously,
\q2 and in every purpose she meets them.
\q1
\v 17 For her true beginning is desire for instruction;
\q2 and desire for instruction is love.
\q1
\v 18 And love is observance of her laws.
\q2 To give heed to her laws confirms immortality.
\q1
\v 19 Immortality brings closeness to God.
\q2
\v 20 So then desire for wisdom promotes to a kingdom.
\q1
\v 21 If therefore you delight in thrones and sceptres, you princes of peoples,
\q2 honor wisdom, that you may reign forever.
\q1
\v 22 But what wisdom is, and how she came into being, I will declare.
\q2 I won’t hide mysteries from you;
\q2 but I will explore from her first beginning,
\q2 bring the knowledge of her into clear light,
\q2 and I will not pass by the truth.
\q1
\v 23 Indeed, I won’t go with consuming envy,
\q2 because envy will have no fellowship with wisdom.
\q1
\v 24 But a multitude of wise men is salvation to the world,
\q2 and an understanding king is stability for his people.
\q1
\v 25 Therefore be instructed by my words, and you will profit.


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\c 7
\q1
\v 1 I myself am also \f + \fr 7:1 \ft Many authorities read \fqa a mortal man.\f* mortal, like everyone else,
\q2 and am a descendant of one formed first and born of the earth.
\q1
\v 2 I molded into flesh in the time of ten months in my mother’s womb,
\q2 being compacted in blood from the seed of man and pleasure that came with sleep.
\q1
\v 3 I also, when I was born, drew in the common air,
\q2 and fell upon the kindred earth,
\q1 uttering, like all, for my first voice, the same cry.
\q1
\v 4 I was nursed with care in swaddling clothes.
\q1
\v 5 For no king had any other first beginning;
\q2
\v 6 but all men have one entrance into life, and a common departure.
\q1
\v 7 For this cause I prayed, and understanding was given to me.
\q2 I asked a spirit of wisdom came to me.
\q1
\v 8 I preferred her before sceptres and thrones.
\q2 I considered riches nothing in comparison to her.
\q1
\v 9 Neither did I liken to her any priceless gem,
\q2 because all gold in her presence is a little sand,
\q2 and silver will be considered as clay before her.
\q1
\v 10 I loved her more than health and beauty,
\q2 and I chose to have her rather than light,
\q2 because her bright shining is never laid to sleep.
\q1
\v 11 All good things came to me with her,
\q2 and innumerable riches are in her hands.
\q1
\v 12 And I rejoiced over them all because wisdom leads them;
\q2 although I didn’t know that she was their mother.
\q1
\v 13 As I learned without guile, I impart without grudging.
\q2 I don’t hide her riches.
\q1
\v 14 For she is a treasure for men that doesn’t fail,
\q2 and those who use it obtain friendship with God,
\q2 commended by the gifts which they present through discipline.
\b
\q1
\v 15 But may God grant that I may speak his judgement,
\q2 and to conceive thoughts worthy of what has been given me;
\q2 because he is one who guides even wisdom and who corrects the wise.
\q1
\v 16 For both we and our words are in his hand,
\q2 with all understanding and skill in various crafts.
\q1
\v 17 For he himself gave me an unerring knowledge of the things that are,
\q2 to know the structure of the universe and the operation of the elements;
\q2
\v 18 the beginning, end, and middle of times;
\q2 the alternations of the solstices and the changes of seasons;
\q2
\v 19 the circuits of years and the positions of stars;
\q2
\v 20 the natures of living creatures and the raging of wild beasts;
\q2 The violence of \f + \fr 7:20 \ft Or, \fqa spirits \f* winds and the thoughts of men;
\q2 the diversities of plants and the virtues of roots.
\q1
\v 21 All things that are either secret or manifest I learned,
\q2
\v 22 for wisdom, that is the architect of all things, taught me.
\b
\q1 For there is in her a spirit that is quick to understand, holy,
\q2 unique, manifold, subtle, freely moving, clear in utterance, unpolluted,
\q2 distinct, unharmed, loving what is good, keen, unhindered,
\q2
\v 23 beneficent, loving toward man, steadfast, sure, free from care, all-powerful, all-surveying,
\q2 and penetrating through all spirits that are quick to understand, pure, most subtle:
\q1
\v 24 For wisdom is more mobile than any motion.
\q2 Yes, she pervades and penetrates all things by reason of her purity.
\q1
\v 25 For she is a breath of the power of God,
\q2 and a clear effluence of the glory of the Almighty.
\q1 Therefore nothing defiled can find entrance into her.
\q1
\v 26 For she is a reflection of everlasting light,
\q2 an unspotted mirror of the working of God,
\q2 and an image of his goodness.
\q1
\v 27 She, being one, has power to do all things.
\q2 Remaining in herself, she renews all things.
\q1 From generation to generation passing into holy souls,
\q2 she makes friends of God and prophets.
\q2
\v 28 For God loves nothing as much as one who dwells with wisdom.
\q1
\v 29 For she is fairer than the sun,
\q2 and above all the constellations of the stars.
\q2 She is better than light.
\q1
\v 30 For daylight succeeds night,
\q2 but evil does not prevail against wisdom.


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\q1
\v 1 But she reaches from one end to the other with full strength,
\q2 and orders all things well.
\b
\q1
\v 2 I loved her and sought her from my youth.
\q2 I sought to take her for my bride.
\q2 I became enamoured by her beauty.
\q1
\v 3 She glorifies her noble birth by living with God.
\q2 The Sovereign Lord of all loves her.
\q1
\v 4 For she is initiated into the knowledge of God,
\q2 and she chooses his works.
\q1
\v 5 But if riches are a desired possession in life,
\q2 what is richer than wisdom, which makes all things?
\q1
\v 6 And if understanding works,
\q2 who more than \f + \fr 8:6 \ft Gr. \fqa she. \f* wisdom is an architect of the things that exist?
\q1
\v 7 If a man loves righteousness,
\q2 \f + \fr 8:7 \ft Gr. \fqa Her labors are.\f*the fruits of wisdom’s labor are virtues,
\q2 for she teaches soberness, understanding, righteousness, and courage.
\q2 There is nothing in life more profitable for people than these.
\q1
\v 8 And if anyone longs for wide experience,
\q2 she knows the things of old, and infers the things to come.
\q2 She understands subtleties of speeches and interpretations of dark sayings.
\q2 She foresees signs and wonders, and the issues of seasons and times.
\q1
\v 9 Therefore I determined to take her to live with me,
\q2 knowing that she is one who would give me good counsel,
\q2 and encourage me in cares and grief.
\q1
\v 10 Because of her, I will have glory among multitudes,
\q2 and honor in the sight of elders, though I am young.
\q1
\v 11 I will be found keen when I give judgement.
\q2 I will be admired in the presence of rulers.
\q1
\v 12 When I am silent, they will wait for me.
\q2 When I open my lips, they will heed what I say.
\q2 If I continue speaking, they will put their hands on their mouths.
\q1
\v 13 Because of her, I will have immortality,
\q2 and leave behind an eternal memory to those who come after me.
\q1
\v 14 I will govern peoples.
\q2 Nations will be subjected to me.
\q1
\v 15 Dreaded monarchs will fear me when they hear of me.
\q2 Among the people, I will show myself to be good, and courageous in war.
\q1
\v 16 When I come into my house, I will find rest with her.
\q2 For conversation with her has no bitterness,
\q2 and living with her has no pain, but gladness and joy.
\q1
\v 17 When I considered these things in myself,
\q2 and thought in my heart how immortality is in kinship to wisdom,
\q1
\v 18 and in her friendship is good delight,
\q2 and in the labors of her hands is wealth that doesn’t fail,
\q2 and understanding is in her companionship,
\q2 and great renown in having fellowship with her words,
\q2 I went about seeking how to take her to myself.
\q1
\v 19 Now I was a clever child, and received a good soul fell.
\q2
\v 20 Or rather, being good, I came into an undefiled body.
\q1
\v 21 But perceiving that I could not otherwise possess wisdom unless God gave her to me—
\q2 yes, and to know and understand by whom the grace is given—
\q2 I pleaded with the Lord and implored him, and with my whole heart I said,


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\c 9
\q1
\v 1 “O God of the fathers, and Lord of mercy,
\q2 who made all things by your word;
\q1
\v 2 and by your wisdom you formed man,
\q2 that he should have dominion over the creatures that were made by you,
\q1
\v 3 and rule the world in holiness and righteousness,
\q2 and execute judgement in uprightness of soul;
\q2
\v 4 give me wisdom, her who sits by you on your thrones.
\q1 Don’t reject me from among your \f + \fr 9:4 \ft Or, \fqa children \f* servants,
\q2
\v 5 because I am your servant and the son of your handmaid,
\q2 a weak and short-lived man,
\q2 with little power to understand judgement and laws.
\q1
\v 6 For even if a man is perfect among the sons of men,
\q2 if the wisdom that comes from you is not with him, he will count for nothing.
\q1
\v 7 You chose me to be king of your people,
\q2 and a judge for your sons and daughters.
\q1
\v 8 You gave a command to build a sanctuary on your holy mountain,
\q2 and \f + \fr 9:8 \ft Or, \fqa a place of sacrifice \f* an altar in the city where you pitch your tent,
\q2 a copy of the holy tent which you prepared from the beginning.
\q1
\v 9 Wisdom is with you and knows your works,
\q2 and was present when you were making the world,
\q2 and understands what is pleasing in your eyes,
\q2 and what is right according to your commandments.
\q1
\v 10 Send her from the holy heavens,
\q2 and ask her to come from the throne of your glory,
\q2 that being present with me she may work,
\q2 and I may learn what is pleases you well.
\q1
\v 11 For she knows all things and understands,
\q2 and she will guide me soberly in my actions.
\q2 She will guard me in her glory.
\q1
\v 12 So my works will be acceptible.
\q2 I will judge your people righteously,
\q2 and I will be worthy of my father’s \f + \fr 9:12 \ft Gr. \fqa thrones. \f* throne.
\q1
\v 13 For what man will know the counsel of God?
\q2 Or who will conceive what the Lord wills?
\q1
\v 14 For the thoughts of mortals are unstable,
\q2 and our plans are prone to fail.
\q1
\v 15 For a corruptible body weighs down the soul.
\q2 The earthy frame lies heavy on a mind that is full of cares.
\q1
\v 16 We can hardly guess the things that are on earth,
\q2 and we find the things that are close at hand with labor;
\q2 but who has traced out the things that are in the heavens?
\q1
\v 17 Who gained knowledge of your counsel, unless you gave wisdom,
\q2 and sent your holy spirit from the highest?
\q1
\v 18 It was thus that the ways of those who are on earth were corrected,
\q2 and men were taught the things that are pleasing to you.
\q2 They were saved through wisdom.”
\b


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\id SIR Ecclesiasticus
\h Sirach
\toc1 The Wisdom of Jesus the Son of Sirach, or Ecclesiasticus
\toc2 Sirach
\toc3 Sir
\mt1 THE WISDOM OF JESUS THE SON OF SIRACH,
\mt2 OR
\mt1 ECCLESIASTICUS
\ip \bk The Wisdom of Jesus the Son of Sirach\bk*, also called \bk Ecclesiasticus\bk*, is recognized as Deuterocanonical Scripture by the Roman Catholic, Greek Orthodox, and Russian Orthodox Churches.
\is1 The Prologue of the Wisdom of Jesus the Son of Sirach.
\ip WHEREAS many and great things have been delivered to us by the law and the prophets, and by the others that have followed in their steps, for which we must give Israel the praise for instruction and wisdom; and since not only the readers need to become skillful themselves, but also those who love learning must be able to profit those who are outside, both by speaking and writing; my grandfather Jesus, having much given himself to the reading of the law, and the prophets, and the other books of our fathers, and having gained great familiarity with them, was also drawn on himself to write somewhat pertaining to instruction and wisdom, in order that those who love learning, and are devoted to these things, might make progress much more by living according to the law. You are entreated therefore to read with favor and attention, and to pardon us, if in any parts of what we have labored to interpret, we may seem to fail in some of the phrases. For things originally spoken in Hebrew don’t have the same force in them when they are translated into another language. Not only these, but the law itself, and the prophecies, and the rest of the books, have no small difference, when they are spoken in their original language. For having come into Egypt in the thirty-eighth year of Energetes the king, and having continued there some time, I found a copy giving no small instruction. I thought it therefore most necessary for me to apply some diligence and travail to translate this book, applying indeed much watchfulness and skill in that space of time to bring the book to an end and publish for them also, who in the land of their travels are desiring to learn, preparing their character in advance, so as to live according to the law.


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\c 1
\b
\q1
\v 1 All wisdom comes from the Lord,
\q2 and is with him forever.
\q1
\v 2 Who can count the sand of the seas,
\q2 the drops of rain,
\q2 and the days of eternity?
\q1
\v 3 Who will search out the height of the sky,
\q2 the breadth of the earth, the deep,
\q2 and wisdom?
\q1
\v 4 Wisdom has been created before all things,
\q2 and the understanding of prudence from everlasting.
\v 5 \f + \fr 1:5 \ft Verse 5 is omitted by the best authorities: \fqa The source of wisdom is God's word in the highest heaven, and her ways are the eternal commandments.\f*
\q1
\v 6 To whom has the root of wisdom been revealed?
\q2 Who has known her shrewd counsels?
\v 7 \f + \fr 1:7 \ft Verse 7 is omitted by the best authorities: \fqa To whom was the knowledge of wisdom manifested? Who has understood her abundant experience?\f*
\q1
\v 8 There is one wise, greatly to be feared,
\q2 sitting upon his throne: the Lord.
\q1
\v 9 He created her.
\q2 He saw and measured her.
\q2 He poured her out upon all his works.
\q1
\v 10 She is with all flesh according to his gift.
\q2 He gave her freely to those who love him.
\q1
\v 11 The fear of the Lord is glory, exultation,
\q2 and gladness, and a crown of rejoicing.
\q1
\v 12 The fear of the Lord will delight the heart,
\q2 and will give gladness, joy, and length of days.
\q1
\v 13 Whoever fears the Lord, it will go well with him at the last.
\q2 He will be blessed in the day of his death .
\q1
\v 14 To fear the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.
\q2 It was created together with the faithful in the womb.
\q1
\v 15 She \f + \fr 1:15 \ft Gr. \fqa nested. \f* laid an eternal foundation with men.
\q2 She will be trusted among their offspring.
\q1
\v 16 To fear the Lord is the fullness of wisdom.
\q2 She inebriates men with her fruits.
\q1
\v 17 She will fill all her house with desirable things,
\q2 and her storehouses with her produce.
\q1
\v 18 The fear of the Lord is the crown of wisdom,
\q2 making peace and \f + \fr 1:18 \ft Gr. \fqa health of cure. \f* perfect health to flourish. \f + \fr 1:18 \ft The remainder of this verse is omitted by the best authorities: \fqa Both are gifts of God for peace; glory opens out for those who love him. He saw her and took her measure.\f*
\q1
\v 19 He both saw and measured her.
\q2 He rained down skill and knowledge of understanding,
\q2 and exalted the honor of those who hold her fast.
\q1
\v 20 To fear the Lord is the root of wisdom.
\q2 Her branches are length of days.
\v 21 \f + \fr 1:21 \ft Verse 21 is omitted by the best authorities: \fqa The fear of the Lord drives away sins. Where it resides, it will turn away all anger. \f*
\b
\q1
\v 22 Unjust wrath can never be justified,
\q2 for the sway of his wrath is his downfall.
\q1
\v 23 A man that is patient will resist for a season,
\q2 and afterward gladness will spring up to him.
\q1
\v 24 He will hide his words for a season,
\q2 and the lips of many will tell of his understanding.
\q1
\v 25 A parable of knowledge is in the treasures of wisdom;
\q2 but godliness is an abomination to a sinner.
\q1
\v 26 If you desire wisdom, keep the commandments
\q2 and the Lord will give her to you freely;
\q1
\v 27 for the fear of the Lord is wisdom and instruction.
\q2 Faith and humility are his good pleasure.
\q1
\v 28 Don’t disobey the fear of the Lord.
\q2 Don’t come to him with a double heart.
\q1
\v 29 Don’t be a hypocrite in the mouths of men.
\q2 Keep watch over your lips.
\q1
\v 30 Don’t exalt yourself,
\q2 lest you fall and bring dishonor upon your soul.
\q1 The Lord will reveal your secrets
\q2 and will cast you down in the midst of the congregation,
\q2 because you didn’t come to the fear of the Lord
\q2 and your heart was full of deceit.
\b


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\c 10
\q1
\v 1 A wise judge will instruct his people.
\q2 The government of a man of understanding will be well ordered.
\q1
\v 2 As is the judge of his people, so are his ministers.
\q2 As the city’s ruler is, so are all those who dwell in it.
\q1
\v 3 An uninstructed king will destroy his people.
\q2 A city will be established through the understanding of the powerful.
\q1
\v 4 The authority of the earth is in the Lord’s hand.
\q2 In due time, he will raise up over it one who is profitable.
\q1
\v 5 A man’s prosperity is in the Lord’s hand.
\q2 He will lay his honor upon the person of the scribe.
\b
\q1
\v 6 Don’t be angry with your neighbor for every wrong.
\q2 Do nothing by works of violence.
\q1
\v 7 Pride is hateful before the Lord and men.
\q2 Unrighteousness is abhorrent in the judgement of both.
\q1
\v 8 Sovereignty is transferred from nation to nation
\q2 because of iniquities, deeds of violence, and greed for money.
\q1
\v 9 Why are dirt and ashes proud? \f + \fr 10:9 \ft Two lines of this verse are here omitted by the best authorities.\f*
\q2 Because in life, my body decays.
\q1
\v 10 A long disease mocks the physician.
\q2 He is a king today, and tomorrow he will die.
\q1
\v 11 For when a man is dead,
\q2 he will inherit creeping things, and beasts, and worms.
\q1
\v 12 It is the beginning of pride when a man departs from the Lord.
\q2 His heart has departed from him who made him.
\q1
\v 13 For the beginning of pride is sin.
\q2 He who keeps it will pour out abomination.
\q1 For this cause the Lord brought upon them strange calamities
\q2 and utterly overthrew them.
\q1
\v 14 The Lord cast down the thrones of rulers
\q2 and set the meek in their place.
\q1
\v 15 The Lord plucked up the roots of nations
\q2 and planted the lowly in their place.
\q1
\v 16 The Lord overthrew the lands of nations
\q2 and destroyed them to the foundations of the earth.
\q1
\v 17 He took some of them away and destroyed them,
\q2 and made their memorial to cease from the earth.
\q1
\v 18 Pride has not been created for men,
\q2 nor wrathful anger for the offspring of women.
\b
\q1
\v 19 What manner of seed has honor?
\q2 The seed of man, those who fear the Lord.
\q1 What manner of seed has no honor?
\q2 The seed of man, those who transgress the commandments.
\q1
\v 20 In the midst of kindred he who rules them has honor.
\q2 Those who fear the Lord have honor in his eyes.
\v 21 \f + \fr 10:21 \ft Verse 21 is omitted by the best authorities: Fear of the Lord is the beginning of acceptance, but obstinance and pride are the beginning of rejection.\f*
\q1
\v 22 The rich man, the honorable, and the poor
\q2 all glory in the fear of the Lord.
\q1
\v 23 It is not right to dishonor a poor man who has understanding.
\q2 It is not fitting to glorify a man who is a sinner.
\q1
\v 24 The great man, the judge, and the mighty man will be glorified.
\q2 There is not one of them greater than he who fears the Lord.
\q1
\v 25 Free men will minister to a wise servant.
\q2 A man who has knowledge will not complain.
\b
\q1
\v 26 Don’t flaunt your wisdom in doing your work.
\q2 Don’t glorify yourself in the time of your distress.
\q1
\v 27 \f + \fr 10:27 \ft The Greek text of this verse is uncertain. \f* Better is he who labors and abounds in all things,
\q2 Than he who glorifies himself and lacks bread.
\q1
\v 28 My son, glorify your soul in humility,
\q2 and esteem yourself honor according to your worthiness.
\q1
\v 29 Who will justify him who sins against his own soul?
\q2 Who will glorify him who dishonors his own life?
\b
\q1
\v 30 A poor man is glorified for his knowledge.
\q2 A rich man is glorified for his riches.
\q1
\v 31 But he who is glorified in poverty, how much more in riches?
\q2 And he who is dishonored in riches, how much more in poverty?
\b


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\c 11
\q1
\v 1 The wisdom of the lowly will lift up his head,
\q2 and make him sit in the midst of great men.
\b
\q1
\v 2 Don’t commend a man for his beauty.
\q2 Don’t abhor a man for his outward appearance.
\q1
\v 3 The bee is little among flying creatures,
\q2 but what it produces is the best of confections.
\q1
\v 4 Don’t boast about the clothes you wear,
\q2 and don’t exalt yourself in the day of honor;
\q1 for the Lord’s works are wonderful,
\q2 and his works are hidden among men.
\q1
\v 5 Many \f + \fr 11:5 \ft Gr. \fqa tyrants \f* kings have sat down upon the ground,
\q2 but one who was never thought of has worn a crown.
\q1
\v 6 Many mighty men have been greatly disgraced.
\q2 Men of renown have been delivered into other men’s hands.
\b
\q1
\v 7 Don’t blame before you investigate.
\q2 Understand first, and then rebuke.
\q1
\v 8 Don’t answer before you have heard.
\q2 Don’t interrupt while someone else is speaking.
\q1
\v 9 Don’t argue about a matter that doesn’t concern you.
\q2 Don’t sit with sinners when they judge.
\b
\q1
\v 10 My son, don’t be busy about many matters;
\q2 for if you meddle much, you will not be unpunished.
\q1 If you pursue, you will not overtake,
\q2 and you will not escape by fleeing.
\q1
\v 11 There is one who toils, labors, and makes haste,
\q2 and is even more behind.
\q1
\v 12 There is one who is sluggish, and needs help,
\q2 lacking in strength, and who abounds in poverty;
\q1 But the Lord’s eyes looked upon him for good,
\q2 and he raised him up from his low condition,
\q1
\v 13 and lifted up his head
\q2 so that many marveled at him.
\b
\q1
\v 14 Good things and evil, life and death,
\q2 poverty and riches, are from the Lord.
\v 15-16 \f + \fr 11:15-16 \ft Verses 15 and 16 are omitted by the best authorities. \f*
\q1
\v 17 The Lord’s gift remains with the godly.
\q2 His good pleasure will prosper forever.
\q1
\v 18 One grows rich by his diligence and self-denial,
\q2 and this is the portion of his reward:
\q1
\v 19 when he says, “I have found rest,
\q2 and now I will eat of my goods!”
\q1 he doesn’t know how much time will pass
\q2 until he leaves them to others and dies.
\q1
\v 20 Be steadfast in your covenant and be doing it,
\q2 and grow old in your work.
\b
\q1
\v 21 Don’t marvel at the works of a sinner,
\q2 but trust the Lord and stay in your labor;
\q1 for it is an easy thing in the sight of the Lord
\q2 to swiftly and suddenly make a poor man rich.
\q1
\v 22 The Lord’s blessing is in the reward of the godly.
\q2 He makes his blessing flourish in an hour that comes swiftly.
\q1
\v 23 Don’t say, “What use is there of me?
\q2 What further good things can be mine?”
\q1
\v 24 Don’t say, “I have enough.
\q2 What harm could happen to me now?”
\q1
\v 25 In the day of good things, evil things are forgotten.
\q2 In the day of evil things, a man will not remember things that are good.
\q1
\v 26 For it is an easy thing in the sight of the Lord
\q2 to reward a man in the day of death according to his ways.
\q1
\v 27 The affliction of an hour causes delights to be forgotten.
\q2 In the end, a man’s deeds are revealed.
\q1
\v 28 Call no man happy before his death.
\q2 A man will be known in his children.
\b
\q1
\v 29 Don’t bring every man into your house,
\q2 for many are the plots of a deceitful man.
\q1
\v 30 Like a decoy partridge in a cage, so is the heart of a proud man.
\q2 Like a spy, he looks for your weakness.
\q1
\v 31 For he lies in wait to turn things that are good into evil,
\q2 and assigns blame in things that are praiseworthy.
\q1
\v 32 From a spark of fire, a heap of many coals is kindled,
\q2 and a sinful man lies in wait for blood.
\q1
\v 33 Take heed of an evil-doer, for he plans wicked things,
\q2 lest perhaps he ruin your reputation forever.
\q1
\v 34 Receive a stranger into your house, and he will distract you with arguments
\q2 and estrange you from your own.
\b


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\q1
\v 1 If you do good, know to whom you do it,
\q2 and your good deeds will have thanks.
\q1
\v 2 Do good to a godly man, and you will find a reward—
\q2 if not from him, then from the Most High.
\q1
\v 3 No good will come to him who continues to do evil,
\q2 nor to him who gives no alms.
\q1
\v 4 Give to the godly man,
\q2 and don’t help the sinner.
\q1
\v 5 Do good to one who is lowly.
\q2 Don’t give to an ungodly man.
\q1 Keep back his bread, and don’t give it to him,
\q2 lest he subdue you with it;
\q1 for you would receive twice as much evil
\q2 for all the good you would have done to him.
\q1
\v 6 For the Most High also hates sinners,
\q2 and will repay vengeance to the ungodly. \f + \fr 12:6 \ft The remainder of this verse is omitted by the best authorities. \f*
\q1
\v 7 Give to the good man,
\q2 and don’t help the sinner.
\b
\q1
\v 8 A man’s friend won’t be \f + \fr 12:8 \ft Or, \fqa punished \f* fully tried in prosperity.
\q2 His enemy won’t be hidden in adversity.
\q1
\v 9 In a man’s prosperity, his enemies are grieved.
\q2 In his adversity, even his friend leaves.
\q1
\v 10 Never trust your enemy,
\q2 for his wickedness is like corrosion in copper.
\q1
\v 11 Though he humbles himself and walks bowed down,
\q2 still be careful and beware of him.
\q1 You will be to him as one who has wiped a mirror,
\q2 to be sure it doesn’t completely tarnish.
\q1
\v 12 Don’t set him next to you,
\q2 lest he overthrow you and stand in your place.
\q1 Don’t let him sit on your right hand,
\q2 lest he seek to take your seat,
\q1 and at the last you acknowledge my words,
\q2 and be pricked with my sayings.
\q1
\v 13 Who will pity a charmer that is bitten by a snake,
\q2 or any who come near wild beasts?
\q1
\v 14 Even so, who will pity him who goes to a sinner,
\q2 and is associated with him in his sins?
\q1
\v 15 For a while he will stay with you,
\q2 and if you falter, he will not stay.
\q1
\v 16 The enemy will speak sweetly with his lips,
\q2 and in his heart plan to throw you into a pit.
\q1 The enemy may weep with his eyes,
\q2 but if he finds opportunity, he will want more blood.
\q1
\v 17 If adversity meets you, you will find him there before you.
\q2 Pretending to help you, he will trip you.
\q1
\v 18 He will shake his head, clap his hands,
\q2 whisper much, and change his countenance.
\b


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\c 13
\q1
\v 1 He who touches pitch will be defiled.
\q2 He who has fellowship with a proud man will become like to him.
\q1
\v 2 Don’t take up a burden above your strength.
\q2 Have no fellowship with one that is mightier and richer than yourself.
\q1 What fellowship would the earthen pot have with the kettle?
\q2 The kettle will strike, and the pot will be dashed in pieces.
\q1
\v 3 The rich man does a wrong and threatens.
\q2 The poor is wronged and apologizes.
\q1
\v 4 If you are profitable, he will make merchandise of you.
\q2 If you are in lack, he will forsake you.
\q1
\v 5 If you own something, he will live with you.
\q2 He will drain you bare and will not be sorry.
\q1
\v 6 Does he need you? Then he will deceive you,
\q2 smile at you, and give you hope.
\q2 He will speak kindly to you and say, “What do you need?”
\q1
\v 7 He will shame you by his meats
\q2 until he has made you bare twice or thrice,
\q2 and in the end he will laugh you to scorn.
\q1 Afterward he will see you, will forsake you,
\q2 and shake his head at you.
\q1
\v 8 Beware that you are not deceived
\q2 and brought low in your mirth.
\q1
\v 9 If a mighty man invites you, be reserved,
\q2 and he will invite you more.
\q1
\v 10 Don’t press him, lest you be thrust back.
\q2 Don’t stand far off, lest you be forgotten.
\q1
\v 11 Don’t try to speak with him as an equal,
\q2 and don’t believe his many words;
\q1 For he will test you with much talk,
\q2 and will examine you in a smiling manner.
\q1
\v 12 He who doesn’t keep secrets to himself is unmerciful.
\q2 He won’t hesitate to harm and to bind.
\q1
\v 13 Keep them to yourself and be careful,
\q2 for you walk \f + \fr 13:13 \ft Gr. \fqa along with. \f* in danger of falling.
\v 14 \f + \fr 13:14 \ft The remainder of verse 13, and verse 14, are omitted by the best authorities. \f*
\q1
\v 15 Every living creature loves his own kind,
\q2 and every man loves his neighbor.
\q1
\v 16 All flesh associates with their own kind.
\q2 A man will stick to people like himself.
\q1
\v 17 What fellowship would the wolf have with the lamb?
\q2 So is the sinner to the godly.
\q1
\v 18 What peace is there between a hyena and a dog?
\q2 What peace is there between a rich man and the poor?
\q1
\v 19 Wild donkeys are the prey of lions in the wilderness;
\q2 likewise poor men are feeding grounds for the rich.
\q1
\v 20 Lowliness is an abomination to a proud man;
\q2 likewise a poor man is an abomination to the rich.
\b
\q1
\v 21 When a rich man is shaken, he is supported by his friends,
\q2 but when one of low degree is down, he is pushed away even by his friends.
\q1
\v 22 When a rich man falls, there are many helpers.
\q2 He speaks things not to be spoken, and men justify him.
\q1 A man of low degree falls, and men rebuke him.
\q2 He utters wisdom, and is not listened to.
\q1
\v 23 A rich man speaks, and all keep silence.
\q2 They extol what he says extol to the clouds.
\q1 A poor man speaks, and they say, “Who is this?”
\q2 If he stumbles, they will help to overthrow him.
\b
\q1
\v 24 Riches are good if they have no sin.
\q2 Poverty is evil in the mouth of the ungodly.
\q1
\v 25 The heart of a man changes his countenance,
\q2 whether it is for good or for evil. \f + \fr 13:25 \ft The remainder of this verse is omitted by the best authorities. \f*
\q1
\v 26 A cheerful countenance is a sign of a prosperous heart.
\q2 Devising proverbs takes strenuous thinking.


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\c 14
\q1
\v 1 Blessed is the man who has not slipped with his mouth,
\q2 and doesn’t suffer from sorrow for sins.
\q1
\v 2 Blessed is he whose soul does not condemn him,
\q2 and who has not given up hope.
\b
\q1
\v 3 Riches are not appropriate for a stingy person.
\q2 What would an envious man do with money?
\q1
\v 4 He who gathers by denying himself gathers for others.
\q2 Others will revel in his goods.
\q1
\v 5 If one is mean to himself, to whom will he be good?
\q2 He won’t enjoy his possessions.
\q1
\v 6 There is none more evil than he who is stingy with himself.
\q2 This is a punishment for his wickedness.
\q1
\v 7 Even if he does good, he does it in forgetfulness.
\q2 In the end, he reveals his wickedness.
\q1
\v 8 A miser is evil.
\q2 He turns away and disregards souls.
\q1
\v 9 A covetous man’s eye is not satisfied with his portion.
\q2 Wicked injustice dries up his soul.
\q1
\v 10 A miser begrudges bread,
\q2 and it is lacking at his table.
\b
\q1
\v 11 My son, according to what you have, treat yourself well,
\q2 and bring worthy offerings to the Lord.
\q1
\v 12 Remember that death will not wait,
\q2 and that the covenant of Hades hasn’t been shown to you.
\q1
\v 13 Do good to your friend before you die.
\q2 According to your ability, reach out and give to him.
\q1
\v 14 Don’t defraud yourself of a good day.
\q2 Don’t let the portion of a good desire pass you by.
\q1
\v 15 Won’t you leave your labors to another,
\q2 and your toils be divided by lot?
\q1
\v 16 Give, take, and treat yourself well,
\q2 because there is no seeking of luxury in Hades.
\q1
\v 17 All flesh grows old like a garment,
\q2 for the covenant from the beginning is, “You must die.”
\q1
\v 18 Like the leaves flourishing on a thick tree,
\q2 some it sheds, and some grow,
\q1 so also are the generations of flesh and blood:
\q2 one comes to an end and another is born.
\q1
\v 19 Every work rots and falls away,
\q2 and its builder will depart with it.
\b
\q1
\v 20 Blessed is the man who meditates on wisdom,
\q2 and who reasons by his understanding.
\q1
\v 21 He who considers her ways in his heart
\q2 will also have knowledge of her secrets.
\q1
\v 22 Go after her like one who tracks,
\q2 and lie in wait in her ways.
\q1
\v 23 He who pries in at her windows
\q1 Shall also listen at her doors.
\q1
\v 24 He that lodges close to her house
\q1 Shall also fasten a nail in her walls.
\q1
\v 25 He shall pitch his tent near at hand to her,
\q1 And will lodge in a lodging where good things are.
\q1
\v 26 He will set his children under her shelter,
\q1 And will rest under her branches.
\q1
\v 27 By her he will be covered from heat,
\q1 And will lodge in her glory.


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\c 15
\q1
\v 1 He that fears the Lord will do this;
\q1 And he that has possession of the law will obtain her.
\q1
\v 2 And as a mother shall she meet him,
\q1 And receive him as a wife married in her virginity.
\q1
\v 3 She will feed him with bread of understanding,
\q1 And give him water of wisdom to drink.
\q1
\v 4 He will be stayed upon her, and will not be moved;
\q1 And will rely upon her, and will not be confounded.
\q1
\v 5 And she will exalt him above his neighbors;
\q1 And she will open his mouth in the midst of the congregation.
\q1
\v 6 He will inherit joy, and a crown of gladness,
\q1 And an everlasting name.
\q1
\v 7 Foolish men will not obtain her;
\q1 And sinners will not see her.
\q1
\v 8 She is far from pride;
\q1 And liars will not remember her.
\q1
\v 9 Praise is not comely in the mouth of a sinner;
\q1 For it was not sent him from the Lord.
\q1
\v 10 For praise will be spoken in wisdom;
\q1 And the Lord will prosper it.
\b
\q1
\v 11 Don’t say you, It is through the Lord that I fell away;
\q1 For you shall not do the things that he hates.
\q1
\v 12 Don’t say you, It is he that caused me to err;
\q1 For he has no need of a sinful man.
\q1
\v 13 The Lord hates every abomination;
\q1 And those who fear him love it not.
\q1
\v 14 He himself made man from the beginning,
\q1 And left him in the hand of his own counsel.
\q1
\v 15 If you will, you shall keep the commandments;
\q1 And to perform faithfulness is of \add your own \add* good pleasure.
\q1
\v 16 He has set fire and water before you:
\q1 You will stretch forth your hand to whichever you will.
\q1
\v 17 Before man is life and death;
\q1 And whichever he likes, it shall be given him.
\q1
\v 18 For great is the wisdom of the Lord:
\q1 He is mighty in power, and sees all things;
\q1
\v 19 And his eyes are upon those who fear him;
\q1 And he will take knowledge of every work of man.
\q1
\v 20 He has not commanded any man to be ungodly;
\q1 And he has not given any man licence to sin.
\b


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\c 16
\q1
\v 1 Desire not a multitude of unprofitable children,
\q1 Neither delight in ungodly sons.
\q1
\v 2 If they multiply, delight not in them,
\q1 Except the fear of the Lord be with them.
\q1
\v 3 Trust not you in their life,
\q1 Neither rely on their condition:
\q1 For one is better than a thousand;
\q1 And to die childless than to have ungodly children.
\q1
\v 4 For from one that has understanding will a city be populated;
\q1 But a race of wicked men will be made desolate.
\q1
\v 5 Many such things I have seen with my eyes;
\q1 And my ear has heard mightier things than these.
\b
\q1
\v 6 In the congregation of sinners will a fire be kindled;
\q1 And in a disobedient nation wrath is kindled.
\q1
\v 7 He was not pacified toward the giants of old time,
\q1 Who revolted in their strength.
\q1
\v 8 He spared not those with whom Lot sojourned,
\q1 Whom he abhorred for their pride.
\q1
\v 9 He pitied not the people of perdition,
\q1 Who were taken away in their sins.
\q1
\v 10 And in like manner the six hundred thousand footmen,
\q1 Who were gathered together in the hardness of their hearts.
\q1
\v 11 Even if there be one stiff-necked person,
\q1 It is marvel if he will be unpunished:
\q1 For mercy and wrath are with him;
\q1 He is mighty to forgive, and he pours out wrath.
\q1
\v 12 As his mercy is great, so is his correction also:
\q1 He judges a man according to his works.
\q1
\v 13 The sinner will not escape with \add his \add* plunder;
\q1 And the perseverance of the godly will not be frustrated.
\q1
\v 14 He will make room for every work of mercy;
\q1 Each man will find according to his works.
\v 15-16 \f + \fr 16:15-16 \ft Verses 15 and 16 are omitted by the best authorities. \f*
\b
\q1
\v 17 Don’t say, I shall be hidden from the Lord;
\q1 And who will remember me from on high?
\q1 I will not be known among so many people;
\q1 For what is my soul in a boundless creation?
\q1
\v 18 Behold, the heaven, and the heaven of heavens,
\q1 The deep, and the earth, will be moved when he shall visit.
\q1
\v 19 The mountains and the foundations of the earth together
\q1 Are shaken with trembling, when he looks upon them.
\q1
\v 20 And no heart will think upon these things:
\q1 And who shall conceive his ways?
\q1
\v 21 And \add there is \add* a tempest which no man will see;
\q1 Yes, the more part of his works are \f + \fr 16:21 \ft Gr. \fqa among hidden things. \f* hid.
\q1
\v 22 Who will declare the works of \add his \add* righteousness?
\q1 Or who will endure them?
\q1 For his covenant is afar off. \f + \fr 16:22 \ft The remainder of this verse is omitted by the best authorities. \f*
\q1
\v 23 He that is lacking in \f + \fr 16:23 \ft Gr. \fqa heart. \f* understanding thinks upon these things;
\q1 And an unwise and erring man thinks follies.
\q1
\v 24 My son, listen to me, and learn knowledge,
\q1 And give heed to my words with your heart.
\q1
\v 25 I will show forth instruction by weight,
\q1 And declare knowledge exactly.
\q1
\v 26 In the judgement of the Lord are his works from the beginning;
\q1 And from the making of them he disposed the parts thereof.
\q1
\v 27 He garnished his works forever,
\q1 And the beginnings of them to their generations:
\q1 They neither hunger, nor are weary,
\q1 And they cease not from their works.
\q1
\v 28 No one thrusts aside his neighbor;
\q1 And they will never disobey his word.
\q1
\v 29 After this also the Lord looked upon the earth,
\q1 And filled it with his blessings.
\q1
\v 30 \f + \fr 16:30 \ft The Greek text of this line is uncertain. \f* \f + \fr 16:30 \ft Gr. \fqa The soul of every living thing. \f* All manner of living things covered the face thereof;
\q1 And into it is their return.
\b


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\c 17
\q1
\v 1 The Lord created man of the earth,
\q1 And turned him back to it again.
\q1
\v 2 He gave them days by number, and a set time,
\q1 And gave them authority over the things that are on it.
\q1
\v 3 He endowed them with strength proper to them;
\q1 And made them according to his own image.
\q1
\v 4 He put the fear of \f + \fr 17:4 \ft Gr. \fqa him. \f* man upon all flesh,
\q1 And \add gave him \add* to have dominion over beasts and fowls.
\v 5 \f + \fr 17:5 \ft Verse 5 is omitted by the best authorities. \f*
\q1
\v 6 Counsel, and tongue, and eyes,
\q1 Ears, and heart, gave he them to understand withal.
\q1
\v 7 He filled them with the knowledge of wisdom,
\q1 And showed them good and evil.
\q1
\v 8 He set his eye upon their hearts,
\q1 To show them the majesty of his works.
\v 9 \f + \fr 17:9 \ft Verse 9 is omitted by the best authorities. \f*
\q1
\v 10 And they will praise the name of \add his \add* holiness,
\q1 \f + \fr 17:10 \ft This line is added by the best authorities. \f* That they may declare the majesty of his works.
\q1
\v 11 He added to them knowledge,
\q1 And gave them a law of life for a heritage.
\q1
\v 12 He made an everlasting covenant with them,
\q1 And showed them his judgments.
\q1
\v 13 Their eyes saw the majesty of \add his \add* glory;
\q1 And their ear heard the glory of \f + \fr 17:13 \ft Some ancient authorities read \fqa their. \f* his voice.
\q1
\v 14 And he said to them, Beware of all unrighteousness;
\q1 And he gave them commandment, each man concerning his neighbor.
\b
\q1
\v 15 Their ways are ever before him;
\q1 They will not be hid from his eyes.
\v 16 \f + \fr 17:16 \ft Verses 16, 18, and 21 are omitted by the best authorities. \f*
\q1
\v 17 \f + \fr 17:17 \ft The preceding part of this verse is omitted by the best authorities. \f* For every nation he appointed a ruler;
\q1 And Israel is the Lord’s portion.
\v 18 \f + \fr 17:18 \ft Verses 16, 18, and 21 are omitted by the best authorities. \f*
\q1
\v 19 All their works are as the sun before him;
\q1 And his eyes are continually upon their ways.
\q1
\v 20 Their iniquities are not hid from him;
\q1 And all their sins are before the Lord.
\v 21 \f + \fr 17:21 \ft Verses 16, 18, and 21 are omitted by the best authorities. \f*
\q1
\v 22 With him the alms of a man is as a signet;
\q1 And he will keep the bounty of a man as the apple of the eye. \f + \fr 17:22 \ft The remainder of this verse is omitted by the best authorities. \f*
\q1
\v 23 Afterwards he will rise up and recompense them,
\q1 And render their recompense upon their head.
\q1
\v 24 However to those who repent he grants a return;
\q1 And he comforts those who are losing patience.
\b
\q1
\v 25 Return to the Lord, and forsake sins:
\q1 Make your prayer before \add his \add* face, and lessen the offence.
\q1
\v 26 Turn again to the Most High, and turn away from iniquity; \f + \fr 17:26 \ft A line is here omitted by the best authorities. \f*
\q1 And greatly hate the abominable thing.
\q1
\v 27 Who will give praise to the Most High in \f + \fr 17:27 \ft Gr. \fqa Hades. \f* the grave,
\q1 Instead of them which live and return thanks?
\q1
\v 28 Thanksgiving perishes from the dead, as from one that is not:
\q1 He that is in life and health will praise the Lord.
\q1
\v 29 How great is the mercy of the Lord,
\q1 And his forgiveness to those who turn to him!
\q1
\v 30 For all things can’t be in men,
\q1 Because the son of man is not immortal.
\q1
\v 31 What is brighter than the sun? yet this fails:
\q1 And an evil man will think on flesh and blood.
\q1
\v 32 He looks upon the power of the height of heaven:
\q1 And all men are earth and ashes.
\b


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\c 18
\q1
\v 1 He that lives forever created all things in common.
\q1
\v 2 The Lord alone will be justified.
\v 3 \f + \fr 18:3 \ft The remainder of verse 2, and verse 3, are omitted by the best authorities. \f*
\q1
\v 4 To none has he given power to declare his works:
\q1 And who will trace out his mighty deeds?
\q1
\v 5 Who shall number the strength of his majesty?
\q1 And who shall also tell out his mercies?
\q1
\v 6 As for the wondrous works of the Lord, it is not possible to take from them nor add to them,
\q1 Neither is it possible to track them out.
\q1
\v 7 When a man has finished, then he is but at the beginning;
\q1 And when he ceases, then he will be in perplexity.
\q1
\v 8 What is man, and what purpose do they serve?
\q1 What is his good, and what is his evil?
\q1
\v 9 The number of man’s days at the most are a hundred years.
\q1
\v 10 As a drop of water from the sea, and a pebble from the sand;
\q1 So are a few years in the day of eternity.
\q1
\v 11 For this cause the Lord was patient over them,
\q1 And poured out his mercy upon them.
\q1
\v 12 He saw and perceived their end, that it is evil;
\q1 Therefore he multiplied his forgiveness.
\q1
\v 13 The mercy of a man is upon his neighbor;
\q1 But the mercy of the Lord is upon all flesh;
\q1 Reproving, and chastening, and teaching,
\q1 And bringing again, as a shepherd does his flock.
\q1
\v 14 He has mercy on those who accept chastening,
\q1 And that diligently seek after his judgments.
\b
\q1
\v 15 My son, to your good deeds add no blemish;
\q1 And no grief of words in any of your giving.
\q1
\v 16 Shall not the dew assuage the scorching heat?
\q1 So is a word better than a gift.
\q1
\v 17 Behold, is not a word better than a gift?
\q1 And both are with a gracious man.
\q1
\v 18 A fool will upbrade ungraciously;
\q1 And the gift of an envious man consumes the eyes.
\b
\q1
\v 19 Learn before you speak;
\q1 And have a care of your health or ever you be sick.
\q1
\v 20 Before judgement examine yourself;
\q1 And in the hour of visitation you will find forgiveness.
\q1
\v 21 Humble yourself before you be sick;
\q1 And in the time of sins show repentance.
\q1
\v 22 Let nothing hinder you to pay your vow in due time;
\q1 And wait not until death to be justified.
\q1
\v 23 Before you make a vow, prepare yourself;
\q1 And be not as a man that tempts the Lord.
\q1
\v 24 Think upon the wrath \add that will be \add* in the days of the end,
\q1 And the time of vengeance, when he turns away his face.
\q1
\v 25 In the days of fullness remember the time of hunger,
\q1 \add And \add* poverty and lack in the days of wealth.
\q1
\v 26 From morning until evening the time changes;
\q1 And all things are speedy before the Lord.
\q1
\v 27 A wise man will fear in everything;
\q1 And in days of sinning he will beware of offence. \f + \fr 18:27 \ft The remainder of this verse is omitted by the best authorities. \f*
\q1
\v 28 Every man of understanding knows wisdom;
\q1 And he will give thanks to him that found her.
\q1
\v 29 They that were of understanding in sayings became also wise themselves,
\q1 And poured forth apt proverbs.
\b
\q1
\v 30 Go not after your lusts;
\q1 And refrain yourself from your appetites.
\q1
\v 31 If you give fully to your soul the delight of her desire,
\q1 She will make you \f + \fr 18:31 \ft Or, \fqa a rejoicing to \f* the laughing stock of your enemies.
\q1
\v 32 Make not merry in much luxury;
\q1 Neither be tied to the expense thereof.
\q1
\v 33 Be not made a beggar by banqueting upon borrowing,
\q1 When you have nothing in your purse. \f + \fr 18:33 \ft The remainder of this verse is omitted by the best authorities. \f*
\b


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\c 19
\q1
\v 1 A workman that is a drunkard will not become rich:
\q1 He that despises small things will fall by little and little.
\q1
\v 2 Wine and women will make men of understanding to fall away:
\q1 And he that joins with prostitutes will be the more reckless.
\q1
\v 3 Moths and worms will have him to heritage;
\q1 And a reckless soul will be taken away.
\b
\q1
\v 4 He that is hasty to trust is light-minded;
\q1 And he that sins will offend against his own soul.
\q1
\v 5 He that makes merry in his heart will be condemned: \f + \fr 19:5 \ft The remainder of this verse is omitted by the best authorities. \f*
\q1
\v 6 \f + \fr 19:6 \ft The preceding part of this verse is omitted by the best authorities. \f* And he that hates talk has the less wickedness.
\q1
\v 7 Never repeat what is told you,
\q1 And you will fare never the worse.
\q1
\v 8 Whether it be of friend or foe, tell it not;
\q1 And unless it is a sin to you, reveal it not.
\q1
\v 9 For he has heard you, and observed you,
\q1 And when the time comes he will hate you.
\q1
\v 10 Have you heard a word? let it die with you:
\q1 Be of good courage, it will not burst you.
\q1
\v 11 A fool will travail in pain with a word,
\q1 As a woman in labor with a child.
\q1
\v 12 As an arrow that sticks in the \f + \fr 19:12 \ft Gr. \fqa thigh of flesh. \f* flesh of the thigh,
\q1 So is a word in a fool’s belly.
\b
\q1
\v 13 Reprove a friend; it may be he did it not:
\q1 And if he did something, that he may do it no more.
\q1
\v 14 Reprove your neighbor; it may be he said it not:
\q1 And if he has said it, that he may not say it again.
\q1
\v 15 Reprove a friend; for many times there is slander:
\q1 And trust not every word.
\q1
\v 16 There is one that slips, and not from the heart:
\q1 And who is he that has not sinned with his tongue?
\q1
\v 17 Reprove your neighbor before you threaten him;
\q1 And give place to the law of the Most High.
\v 18-19 \f + \fr 19:18-19 \ft Verses 18 and 19 are omitted by the best authorities. \f*
\b
\q1
\v 20 All wisdom is the fear of the Lord;
\q1 And in all wisdom is the doing of the law.
\v 21 \f + \fr 19:21 \ft The remainder of verse 20, and verse 21, are omitted by the best authorities. \f*
\q1
\v 22 And the knowledge of wickedness is not wisdom;
\q1 And the prudence of sinners is not counsel.
\q1
\v 23 There is a wickedness, and it is abomination;
\q1 And there is a fool lacking in wisdom.
\q1
\v 24 Better is one that has small understanding, and fears,
\q1 Than one that has much prudence, and transgresses the law.
\q1
\v 25 There is an exquisite subtlety, and it is unjust;
\q1 And there is one that perverts favor \f + \fr 19:25 \ft Gr. \fqa to bring to light. \f* to gain a judgement. \f + \fr 19:25 \ft The remainder of this verse is omitted by the best authorities. \f*
\q1
\v 26 There is one that does wickedly, that hangs down his head with mourning;
\q1 But inwardly he is full of deceit,
\q1
\v 27 Bowing down his face, and making as if he were deaf of one ear:
\q1 Where he is not known, he will be beforehand with you.
\q1
\v 28 And if for lack of power he be hindered from sinning,
\q1 If he find opportunity, he will do mischief.
\q1
\v 29 A man will be known by his look,
\q1 And one that has understanding will be known by his face, when you meet him.
\q1
\v 30 A man’s attire, and \f + \fr 19:30 \ft Gr. \fqa laughter of the teeth. \f* grinning laughter,
\q1 And gait, show what he is.
\b


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\c 2
\q1
\v 1 My son, if you come to serve the Lord,
\q2 prepare your soul for temptation.
\q1
\v 2 Set your heart aright, constantly endure,
\q2 and don’t make haste in time of calamity.
\q1
\v 3 Cling to him, and don’t depart,
\q2 that you may be increased at your latter end.
\q1
\v 4 Accept whatever is brought upon you,
\q2 and be patient when you suffer humiliation.
\q1
\v 5 For gold is tried in the fire,
\q2 and acceptable men in the furnace of humiliation.
\q1
\v 6 Put your trust in him, and he will help you.
\q2 Make your ways straight, and set your hope on him.
\b
\q1
\v 7 All you who fear the Lord, wait for his mercy.
\q2 Don’t turn aside, lest you fall.
\q1
\v 8 All you who fear the Lord, put your trust in him,
\q2 and your reward will not fail.
\q1
\v 9 All you who fear the Lord, hope for good things,
\q2 and for eternal gladness and mercy.
\q1
\v 10 Look at the generations of old, and see:
\q2 Who ever put his trust in the Lord, and was ashamed?
\q2 Or who remained in his fear, and was forsaken?
\q2 Or who called upon him, and he despised him?
\q1
\v 11 For the Lord is full of compassion and mercy.
\q2 He forgives sins and saves in time of affliction.
\b
\q1
\v 12 Woe to fearful hearts, to faint hands,
\q2 and to the sinner that goes two ways!
\q1
\v 13 Woe to the faint heart! For it doesn’t believe.
\q2 Therefore it won’t be defended.
\q1
\v 14 Woe to you who have lost your patience!
\q2 And what will you all do when the Lord visits you?
\q1
\v 15 Those who fear the Lord will not disobey his words.
\q2 Those who love him will keep his ways.
\q1
\v 16 Those who fear the Lord will seek his good pleasure.
\q2 Those who love him will be filled with the law.
\q1
\v 17 Those who fear the Lord will prepare their hearts,
\q2 and will humble their souls in his sight.
\q1
\v 18 We will fall into the hands of the Lord,
\q2 and not into the hands of men;
\q1 for as his majesty is,
\q2 so also is his mercy.
\b


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\c 20
\q1
\v 1 There is a reproof that is not comely;
\q1 And there is a man that keeps silence, and he is wise.
\q1
\v 2 How good is it to reprove, rather than to be angry;
\q1 And he that makes confession will be kept back from hurt.
\v 3 \f + \fr 20:3 \ft Verse 3 is omitted by the best authorities. \f*
\q1
\v 4 As is the lust of an eunuch to deflower a virgin;
\q1 So is he that executes judgments with violence.
\q1
\v 5 There is one that keeps silence, and is found wise;
\q1 And there is one that is hated for his much talk.
\q1
\v 6 There is one that keeps silence, for he has no answer to make;
\q1 And there is that keeps silence, as knowing his time.
\q1
\v 7 A wise man will be silent till his time come;
\q1 But the braggart and fool will overpass his time.
\q1
\v 8 He that uses many words will be abhorred;
\q1 And he that takes to himself authority therein will be hated.
\b
\q1
\v 9 There is a prosperity that a man finds in misfortunes;
\q1 And there is a gain that turns to loss.
\q1
\v 10 There is a gift that will not profit you;
\q1 And there is a gift whose recompense is double.
\q1
\v 11 There is an abasement because of glory;
\q1 And there is that has lifted up his head from a low estate.
\q1
\v 12 There is that buys much for a little,
\q1 And pays for it again sevenfold.
\q1
\v 13 He that is wise in words will make himself beloved;
\q1 But the pleasantries of fools will be wasted.
\q1
\v 14 The gift of a fool will not profit you;\f + \fr 20:14 \ft A line of this verse is here omitted by the best authorities. \f*
\q1 For his eyes are many instead of one.
\q1
\v 15 He will give little, and upbraid much;
\q1 And he will open his mouth like a crier:
\q1 Today he will lend, and tomorrow he will ask it again:
\q1 Such an one is a hateful man.
\q1
\v 16 The fool will say, I have no friend,
\q1 And I have no thanks for my good deeds;
\q1 They that eat my bread are of evil tongue.
\q1
\v 17 How often, and of how many, will he be laughed to scorn! \f + \fr 20:17 \ft The latter part of verse 17 is omitted by the best authorities. \f*
\b
\q1
\v 18 A slip on a pavement is better than \add a slip \add* with the tongue;
\q1 So the fall of the wicked will come speedily.
\q1
\v 19 A man without grace is \add as \add* a tale out of season:
\q1 It will be continually in the mouth of the ignorant.
\q1
\v 20 A \f + \fr 20:20 \ft Gr. \fqa parable. \f* wise sentence from a fool’s mouth will be rejected;
\q1 For he will not speak it in its season.
\b
\q1
\v 21 There is that is hindered from sinning through lack;
\q1 And when he takes rest, he will not be troubled.
\q1
\v 22 There is that destroys his soul through bashfulness;
\q1 And by a foolish countenance he will destroy it.
\q1
\v 23 There is that for bashfulness promises to his friend;
\q1 And he makes him his enemy for nothing.
\b
\q1
\v 24 A lie is a foul blot in a man:
\q1 It will be continually in the mouth of the ignorant.
\q1
\v 25 A thief is better than a man that is continually lying:
\q1 But they both will inherit destruction.
\q1
\v 26 The disposition of a liar is dishonor;
\q1 And his shame is with him continually.
\b
\q1
\v 27 He that is wise in words will advance himself;
\q1 And one that is prudent will please great men.
\q1
\v 28 He that tils his land will raise his heap high;
\q1 And he that pleases great men will get pardon for iniquity.
\q1
\v 29 Presents and gifts blind the eyes of the wise,
\q1 And as a muzzle on the mouth, turn away reproofs.
\q1
\v 30 Wisdom that is hid, and treasure that is out of sight,
\q1 What profit is in them both?
\q1
\v 31 Better is a man that hides his folly
\q1 Than a man that hides his wisdom.
\v 32 \f + \fr 20:32 \ft Verse 32 is omitted by the best authorities.\f*
\b


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\c 21
\q1
\v 1 My son, have you sinned? add no more thereto;
\q1 And make supplication for your former \add sins. \add*
\q1
\v 2 Flee from sin as from the face of a serpent;
\q1 For if you draw near it will bite you:
\q1 The teeth thereof are the teeth of a lion,
\q1 Slaying the souls of men.
\q1
\v 3 All iniquity is as a two-edged sword;
\q1 Its stroke has no healing.
\b
\q1
\v 4 Terror and violence will lay waste riches;
\q1 So the house of an arrogant man will be laid waste.
\q1
\v 5 Supplication from a poor man’s mouth reaches to the ears of \f + \fr 21:5 \ft Gr. \fqa him. \f* God,
\q1 And his judgement comes speedily.
\q1
\v 6 One that hates reproof is in the path of the sinner;
\q1 And he that fears the Lord will turn again in his heart.
\q1
\v 7 He that is mighty in tongue is known afar off:
\q1 But the man of understanding knows when he slips.
\b
\q1
\v 8 He that builds his house with other men’s money
\q1 Is like one that gathers himself stones against winter.
\q1
\v 9 The congregation of wicked men is \add as \add* tow wrapped together;
\q1 And the end of them is a flame of fire.
\q1
\v 10 The way of sinners is made smooth with stones;
\q1 And at the last end thereof is the pit of Hades.
\b
\q1
\v 11 He that keeps the law becomes master of the intent thereof;
\q1 And the end of the fear of the Lord is wisdom.
\q1
\v 12 He that is not clever will not be instructed;
\q1 And there is a cleverness which makes bitterness to abound.
\q1
\v 13 The knowledge of a wise man will be made to abound as a flood;
\q1 And his counsel as a fountain of life.
\q1
\v 14 The inward parts of a fool are like a broken vessel;
\q1 And he will hold no knowledge.
\b
\q1
\v 15 If a man of knowledge hear a wise word,
\q1 He will commend it, and add to it:
\q1 The dissolute man hears it, and it displeases him,
\q1 And he puts it away behind his back.
\q1
\v 16 The discourse of a fool is like a burden in the way;
\q1 But grace will be found on the lips of the wise.
\q1
\v 17 The mouth of the prudent man will be sought for in the congregation;
\q1 And they will ponder his words in their heart.
\b
\q1
\v 18 As a house that is destroyed, so is wisdom to a fool;
\q1 And the knowledge of an unwise man is \add as \add* \f + \fr 21:18 \ft Gr. \fqa unexamined words. \f* talk without sense.
\q1
\v 19 Instruction is \add as \add* fetters on the feet of an unwise man,
\q1 And as manacles on the right hand.
\q1
\v 20 A fool lifts up his voice with laughter;
\q1 But a clever man will scarce smile quietly.
\q1
\v 21 Instruction is to a prudent man as an ornament of gold,
\q1 And as a bracelet upon his right arm.
\b
\q1
\v 22 The foot of a fool is soon in \add another man’s \add* house;
\q1 But a man of experience will be ashamed of entering.
\q1
\v 23 A foolish man peeps in from the door of \add another man’s \add* house;
\q1 But a man that is instructed will stand without.
\q1
\v 24 It is a lack of instruction in a man to listen at the door;
\q1 But the prudent man will be grieved with the disgrace.
\q1
\v 25 \f + \fr 21:25 \ft The text seems to be uncertain. \f* The lips of strangers will be grieved at these things;
\q1 But the words of prudent men will be weighed in the balance.
\b
\q1
\v 26 The heart of fools is in their mouth;
\q1 But the mouth of wise men is their heart.
\q1
\v 27 When the ungodly curses Satan,
\q1 He curses his own soul.
\q1
\v 28 A whisperer defiles his own soul,
\q1 And will be hated wherever he travels.
\b


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\c 22
\q1
\v 1 A slothful man is compared to a stone that is defiled;
\q1 And every one will hiss him out in his disgrace.
\q1
\v 2 A slothful man is compared to the filth of a dunghill:
\q1 Every man that takes it up will shake out his hand.
\b
\q1
\v 3 A father has shame in having begotten an uninstructed \add son; \add*
\q1 And a \add foolish \add* daughter is born to his loss.
\q1
\v 4 A prudent daughter will inherit a husband of her own;
\q1 And she that brings shame is the grief of her father.
\q1
\v 5 She that is bold brings shame upon father and husband;
\q1 And she will be despised of them both.
\q1
\v 6 Unseasonable discourse is \add as \add* music in mourning;
\q1 But stripes and correction are wisdom at every season.
\b
\q1
\v 7 He that teaches a fool is \add as \add* one that glues a potsherd together;
\q1 \add Even as \add* one that wakes a sleeper out of a deep sleep.
\q1
\v 8 He who teaches a fool is \add as \add* one who teaches a man who slumbers;
\q1 And at the end he will say, What is it?
\v 9-10 \f + \fr 22:9-10 \ft Verses 9 and 10 are omitted by the best authorities. \f*
\q1
\v 11 Weep for the dead, for light has failed \add him; \add*
\q1 And weep for a fool, for understanding has failed \add him: \add*
\q1 Weep more sweetly for the dead, because he has found rest;
\q1 But the life of the fool is worse than death.
\q1
\v 12 Seven days are \add the days of \add* mourning for the dead;
\q1 But for a fool and an ungodly man, all the days of his life.
\b
\q1
\v 13 Talk not much with a foolish man,
\q1 And go not to one that has no understanding:
\q1 Beware of him, lest you have trouble;
\q1 And \add so \add* you shall not be \f + \fr 22:13 \ft Or, \fqa defiled: in his onslaught turn \f* defiled in his onslaught:
\q1 Turn away from him, and you will find rest;
\q1 And \add so \add* you shall not be wearied in his madness.
\q1
\v 14 What shall be heavier than lead?
\q1 And what is the name thereof, but a fool?
\q1
\v 15 Sand, and salt, and a mass of iron, is easier to bear,
\q1 Than a man without understanding.
\b
\q1
\v 16 Timber girded and bound into a building will not be released with shaking:
\q1 So a heart established in due season on well advised counsel will not be afraid.
\q1
\v 17 A heart settled upon a thoughtful understanding
\q1 Is as an ornament of plaster on a polished wall.
\q1
\v 18 Pales set on a high place will not stand against the wind:
\q1 So a fearful heart in the imagination of a fool will not stand against any fear.
\b
\q1
\v 19 He that pricks the eye will make tears to fall;
\q1 And he that pricks the heart makes it to show feeling.
\q1
\v 20 Whoso casts a stone at birds frays them away;
\q1 And he that upbraids a friend will dissolve friendship.
\q1
\v 21 If you have drawn a sword against a friend, despair not;
\q1 For there may be a returning.
\q1
\v 22 If you have opened your mouth against a friend, fear not;
\q1 For there may be a reconciling;
\q1 Except it be for upbraiding, and arrogance, and disclosing of a secret, and a treacherous blow:
\q1 For these things every friend will flee.
\b
\q1
\v 23 Gain trust with your neighbor in his poverty,
\q1 That in his prosperity you may have gladness:
\q1 Stay steadfast to him in the time of his affliction,
\q1 That you may be heir with him in his inheritance. \f + \fr 22:23 \ft The remainder of this verse is omitted by the best authorities. \f*
\q1
\v 24 Before fire is the vapor and smoke of a furnace;
\q1 So revilings before bloodshed.
\q1
\v 25 I will not be ashamed to shelter a friend;
\q1 And I will not hide myself from his face:
\q1
\v 26 And if any evil happen to me because of him,
\q1 Every one that hears it will beware of him.
\b
\q1
\v 27 Who shall set a watch over my mouth,
\q1 And a seal of shrewdness upon my lips,
\q1 That I fall not from it, and that my tongue destroy me not?


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\c 23
\q1
\v 1 O Lord, Father and Master of my life,
\q1 Abandon me not to their counsel:
\q1 Suffer me not to fall by them.
\q1
\v 2 Who will set scourges over my thought,
\q1 And a discipline of wisdom over my heart?
\q1 That they spare me not for my ignorances,
\q1 And \add my heart \add* pass not by their sins:
\q1
\v 3 That my ignorances be not multiplied,
\q1 And my sins abound not;
\q1 And I will fall before my adversaries,
\q1 And my enemy rejoice over me. \f + \fr 23:3 \ft The remainder of this verse is omitted by the best authorities. \f*
\q1
\v 4 O Lord, Father and God of my life,
\q1 Give me not a \f + \fr 23:4 \ft Gr. \fqa lifting up of eyes. \f* proud look, \f + \fr 23:4 \ft The remainder of this verse is omitted by the best authorities. \f*
\q1
\v 5 And turn away concupiscense from me. \f + \fr 23:5 \ft The remainder of this verse is omitted by the best authorities. \f*
\q1
\v 6 Let not \f + \fr 23:6 \ft Gr. \fqa appetite of the belly. \f* greediness and chambering overtake me;
\q1 And give me not over to a shameless mind.
\b
\q1
\v 7 Hear you°, my children, the discipline of the mouth;
\q1 And he that keeps it will not be taken.
\q1
\v 8 The sinner will be \f + \fr 23:8 \ft Most authorities read \fqa left. \f* overtaken in his lips;
\q1 And the reviler and the proud man will stumble therein.
\q1
\v 9 Accustom not your mouth to an oath;
\q1 And be not accustomed to the naming of the Holy One.
\q1
\v 10 For as a servant that is continually scourged will not lack a bruise,
\q1 So he also that swears and names \add God \add* continually will not be cleansed from sin.
\q1
\v 11 A man of many oaths will be filled with iniquity;
\q1 And the scourge will not depart from his house:
\q1 If he shall offend, his sin will be upon him;
\q1 And if he disregard it, he has sinned doubly;
\q1 And if he has sworn in vain, he will not be justified;
\q1 For his house will be filled with calamities.
\q1
\v 12 There is a manner of speech that is clothed about with death:
\q1 Let it not be found in the heritage of Jacob;
\q1 For all these things will be far from the godly,
\q1 And they will not wallow in sins.
\q1
\v 13 Accustom not your mouth to gross rudeness,
\q1 For therein is the word of sin.
\q1
\v 14 Remember your father and your mother,
\q1 For you sit in the midst of great men;
\q1 That you be not forgetful before them,
\q1 And become a fool by your custom;
\q1 So will you wish that you had not been born,
\q1 And curse the day of your nativity.
\q1
\v 15 A man that is accustomed to words of reproach
\q1 Will not be corrected all the days of his life.
\b
\q1
\v 16 Two sorts \add of men \add* multiply sins,
\q1 And the third will bring wrath:
\q1 A hot mind, as a burning fire, will not be quenched till it be consumed:
\q1 A fornicator in the body of his flesh will never cease till he has \f + \fr 23:16 \ft Or, \fqa made a fire blaze up \f* burned out the fire.
\q1
\v 17 All bread is sweet to a fornicator:
\q1 He will not leave off till he die.
\q1
\v 18 A man that goes astray from his own bed,
\q1 Saying in his heart, Who sees me?
\q1 Darkness is round about me, and the walls hide me,
\q1 And no man sees me; of whom am I afraid?
\q1 The Most High will not remember my sins;
\q1
\v 19 —And the eyes of men are his terror,
\q1 And he knows not that the eyes of the Lord are ten thousand times brighter than the sun,
\q1 Beholding all the ways of men,
\q1 And looking into secret places.
\q1
\v 20 All things were known to him or ever they were created;
\q1 And in like manner also after they were perfected.
\q1
\v 21 This man will be punished in the streets of the city;
\q1 And where he suspected not he will be taken.
\q1
\v 22 So also a wife that leaves her husband,
\q1 And brings in an heir by a stranger.
\q1
\v 23 For first, she was disobedient in the law of the Most High;
\q1 And secondly, she trespassed against her own husband;
\q1 And thirdly, she played the adulteress in whoredom,
\q1 And brought in children by a stranger.
\q1
\v 24 She shall be brought out into the congregation;
\q1 And upon her children will there be visitation.
\q1
\v 25 Her children will not spread into roots,
\q1 And her branches will bear no fruit.
\q1
\v 26 She will leave her memory for a curse;
\q1 And her reproach will not be blotted out.
\q1
\v 27 And those who are left behind will know that there is nothing better than the fear of the Lord,
\q1 And nothing sweeter than to take heed to the commandments of the Lord.
\v 28 \f + \fr 23:28 \ft Verse 28 is omitted by the best authorities.\f*


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\c 24
\q1
\v 1 Wisdom will praise \f + \fr 24:1 \ft Gr. \fqa her own soul. \f* herself,
\q1 And will glory in the midst of her people.
\q1
\v 2 She will open her mouth in the congregation of the Most High,
\q1 And glory in the presence of his power.
\q1
\v 3 I came forth from the mouth of the Most High,
\q1 And covered the earth as a mist.
\q1
\v 4 I lived in high places,
\q1 And my throne is in the pillar of the cloud.
\q1
\v 5 Alone I compassed the circuit of heaven,
\q1 And walked in the depth of the abyss.
\q1
\v 6 In the waves of the sea, and in all the earth,
\q1 And in every people and nation, I got a possession.
\q1
\v 7 With all these I sought rest;
\q1 And in whose inheritance shall I lodge?
\q1
\v 8 Then the Creator of all things gave me a commandment;
\q1 And he that created me made my tabernacle to rest,
\q1 And said, Let your tabernacle be in Jacob,
\q1 And your inheritance in Israel.
\q1
\v 9 He created me from the beginning before the world;
\q1 And to the end I will not fail.
\q1
\v 10 In the holy tabernacle I ministered before him;
\q1 And so was I established in Sion.
\q1
\v 11 In the beloved city likewise he gave me rest;
\q1 And in Jerusalem was my authority.
\q1
\v 12 And I took root in a people that was glorified,
\q1 Even in the portion of the Lord’s own inheritance.
\q1
\v 13 I was exalted like a cedar in Libanus,
\q1 And as a cypress tree on the mountains of Hermon.
\q1
\v 14 I was exalted like a palm tree on the sea shore,
\q1 And as rose plants in Jericho,
\q1 And as a fair olive tree in the plain;
\q1 And I was exalted as a plane tree.
\q1
\v 15 As cinnamon and aspalathus, I have given a scent of perfumes;
\q1 And as choice myrrh, I spread abroad a pleasant odour;
\q1 As \f + \fr 24:15 \ft See Exodus 30:34. \f* galbanum, and onyx, and stacte,
\q1 And as the fume of frankincense in the tabernacle.
\q1
\v 16 As the terebinth I stretched out my branches;
\q1 And my branches are branches of glory and grace.
\q1
\v 17 As the vine I put forth grace;
\q1 And my flowers are the fruit of glory and riches.
\v 18 \f + \fr 24:18 \ft Verse 18 is omitted by the best authorities.\f*
\q1
\v 19 Come to me, you° that are desirous of me,
\q1 And be you° filled with my produce.
\q1
\v 20 For my memorial is sweeter than honey,
\q1 And my inheritance than the honeycomb.
\q1
\v 21 They that eat me will yet be hungry;
\q1 And those who drink me will yet be thirsty.
\q1
\v 22 He that obeys me will not be ashamed;
\q1 And those who work in me will not do amiss.
\b
\q1
\v 23 All these things are the book of the covenant of the Most High God,
\q1 \add Even \add* the law which Moses commanded us for a heritage to the assemblies of Jacob.
\v 24 \f + \fr 24:24 \ft Verse 24 is omitted by the best authorities. \f*
\q1
\v 25 It is he that makes wisdom abundant, as Pishon,
\q1 And as Tigris in the days of new \add fruits; \add*
\q1
\v 26 That makes understanding full as Euphrates,
\q1 And as Jordan in the days of harvest;
\q1
\v 27 That makes instruction to shine forth as the light,
\q1 As Gihon in the days of vintage.
\q1
\v 28 The first man knew her not perfectly;
\q1 And in like manner the last has not traced her out.
\q1
\v 29 For her thoughts are filled from the sea,
\q1 And her counsels from the great deep.
\b
\q1
\v 30 And I came out as a \f + \fr 24:30 \ft Gr. \fqa canal. \f* stream from a river,
\q1 And as a conduit into a garden.
\q1
\v 31 I said, I will water my garden,
\q1 And will water abundantly my garden bed;
\q1 And, behold, my stream became a river,
\q1 And my river became a sea.
\q1
\v 32 I will yet bring instruction to light as the morning,
\q1 And will make \f + \fr 24:32 \ft Gr. \fqa them. \f* these things to shine forth afar off.
\q1
\v 33 I will yet pour out doctrine as prophecy,
\q1 And leave it to generations of ages.
\q1
\v 34 Behold that I have not labored for myself only,
\q1 But for all those who diligently seek her.
\b


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\c 25
\q1
\v 1 In three things I was beautified,
\q1 And stood up beautiful before the Lord and men:
\q1 The concord of kindred, and friendship of neighbors,
\q1 And a woman and her husband that walk together in agreement.
\q1
\v 2 But three sorts \add of men \add* my soul hates,
\q1 And I am greatly offended at their life:
\q1 A poor man that is arrogant, and a rich man that is a liar,
\q1 \add And \add* an old man that is an adulterer lacking understanding.
\b
\q1
\v 3 In \add your \add* youth you have not gathered,
\q1 And how should you find in your old age?
\q1
\v 4 How beautiful a thing is judgement for gray hairs,
\q1 And for elders to know counsel!
\q1
\v 5 How beautiful is the wisdom of old men,
\q1 And thought and counsel to men that are in honor!
\q1
\v 6 Much experience is the crown of old men;
\q1 And their glorying is the fear of the Lord.
\b
\q1
\v 7 There be nine things that I have thought of, and in my heart counted happy;
\q1 And the tenth I will utter with my tongue:
\q1 A man that has joy of his children;
\q1 A man that lives and looks upon the fall of his enemies:
\q1
\v 8 Happy is he that dwells with a wife of understanding;
\q1 And he that has not slipped with his tongue;
\q1 And he that has not served a man that is unworthy of him:
\q1
\v 9 Happy is he that has found prudence;
\q1 And he that speaks in the ears of those who listen.
\q1
\v 10 How great is he that has found wisdom!
\q1 Yet is there none above him that fears the Lord.
\q1
\v 11 The fear of the Lord passes all things:
\q1 He that holds it, to whom shall he be likened?
\v 12 \f + \fr 25:12 \ft Verse 12 is omitted by the best authorities. \f*
\b
\q1
\v 13 \add Give me \add* any plague but the plague of the heart;
\q1 And any wickedness but the wickedness of a woman;
\q1
\v 14 Any calamity, but a calamity from those who hate me;
\q1 And any vengeance, but the vengeance of enemies.
\q1
\v 15 There is no head above the head of a serpent;
\q1 And there is no wrath above the wrath of an enemy.
\b
\q1
\v 16 I will rather dwell with a lion and a dragon,
\q1 Than keep house with a wicked woman.
\q1
\v 17 The wickedness of a woman changes her look,
\q1 And darkens her countenance as a bear does.
\q1
\v 18 Her husband will sit at meat among his neighbors,
\q1 And when he hears it he sighs bitterly.
\q1
\v 19 All malice is but little to the malice of a woman:
\q1 Let the portion of a sinner fall on her.
\q1
\v 20 \add As \add* the going up a sandy way \add is \add* to the feet of the aged,
\q1 So is a wife full of words to a quiet man.
\q1
\v 21 Throw not yourself upon the beauty of a woman;
\q1 And desire not a woman for her beauty.
\q1
\v 22 There is anger, and impudence, and great reproach,
\q1 If a woman maintain her husband.
\q1
\v 23 A wicked woman is abasement of heart,
\q1 And sadness of countenance, and a wounded heart:
\q1 A woman that will not make her husband happy
\q1 Is \add as \add* hands that hang down, and palsied knees.
\q1
\v 24 From a woman \add was \add* the beginning of sin;
\q1 And because of her we all die.
\q1
\v 25 Give not water an outlet;
\q1 Neither to a wicked woman freedom of speech.
\q1
\v 26 If she go not \f + \fr 25:26 \ft Gr. \fqa according to your hand. \f* as you would have her,
\q1 Cut her off from your flesh. \f + \fr 25:26 \ft The remainder of this verse is omitted by the best authorities. \f*
\b


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\c 26
\q1
\v 1 Happy is the husband of a good wife;
\q1 And the number of his days will be doubled.
\q1
\v 2 A brave woman rejoices her husband;
\q1 And he will fulfill his years in peace.
\q1
\v 3 A good wife is a good portion:
\q1 She will be given in the portion of such as fear the Lord.
\q1
\v 4 Whether a man be rich or poor,
\q1 A good heart \add makes \add* at all times a cheerful countenance.
\b
\q1
\v 5 Of three things my heart was afraid;
\q1 And concerning the fourth \f + \fr 26:5 \ft Gr. \fqa countenance. \f* kind I made supplication:
\q1 The slander of a city, and the assembly of a multitude, and a false accusation:
\q1 All these are more grievous than death.
\q1
\v 6 A grief of heart and sorrow is a woman that is jealous of \add another \add* woman,
\q1 And the scourge of a tongue communicating to all.
\q1
\v 7 A wicked woman is \add as \add* a yoke of oxen shaken to and fro:
\q1 He that takes hold of her is as one that grasps a scorpion.
\q1
\v 8 A drunken woman \add causes \add* great wrath;
\q1 And she will not cover her own shame.
\q1
\v 9 The whoredom of a woman is in the lifting up of her eyes;
\q1 And it will be known by her eyelids.
\q1
\v 10 Keep strict watch on a headstrong daughter,
\q1 Lest she find liberty for herself, and use it.
\q1
\v 11 Look well after an impudent eye;
\q1 And marvel not if it trespass against you.
\q1
\v 12 She will open her mouth, as a thirsty traveller,
\q1 And drink of every water that is near:
\q1 She will sit down at every post,
\q1 And open her quiver against \add any \add* arrow.
\b
\q1
\v 13 The grace of a wife will delight her husband;
\q1 And her knowledge will fatten his bones.
\q1
\v 14 A silent woman is a gift of the Lord;
\q1 And there is nothing so much worth as a well-instructed soul.
\q1
\v 15 A shamefast woman is grace upon grace;
\q1 And there is no \f + \fr 26:15 \ft Gr. \fqa weight. \f* price worthy of a continent soul.
\q1
\v 16 As the sun when it arises in the highest places of the Lord,
\q1 So is the beauty of a good wife in the ordering of \f + \fr 26:16 \ft Gr. \fqa his. \f* a man’s house.
\q1
\v 17 As the lamp that shines upon the holy candlestick,
\q1 So is the beauty of the face in ripe age.
\q1
\v 18 As the golden pillars are upon a base of silver,
\q1 So are beautiful feet with the breasts of one that is steadfast.
\v 19-27 \f + \fr 26:19-27 \ft Verses 19-27 are omitted by the best authorities. \f*
\b
\q1
\v 28 For two things my heart is grieved;
\q1 And for the third anger comes upon me:
\q1 A man of war that suffers for poverty;
\q1 And men of understanding that are counted as refuse:
\q1 One that turns back from righteousness to sin;
\q1 The Lord will prepare him for the sword.
\b
\q1
\v 29 A merchant shall hardly keep himself from wrong doing;
\q1 And a huckster will not be acquitted of sin.


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\c 27
\q1
\v 1 Many have sinned for a thing indifferent;
\q1 And he that seeks to multiply \add gain \add* will turn his eye away.
\q1
\v 2 A nail will stick fast between the joinings of stones;
\q1 And sin will \f + \fr 27:2 \ft Gr. \fqa rub. \f* thrust itself in between buying and selling.
\q1
\v 3 Unless \add a man \add* hold on diligently in the fear of the Lord,
\q1 His house will soon be overthrown.
\b
\q1
\v 4 In the shaking of a sieve, the refuse remains;
\q1 So the filth of man in his reasoning.
\q1
\v 5 The furnace will prove the potter’s vessels;
\q1 And the trial of a man is in his reasoning.
\q1
\v 6 The fruit of a tree declares the husbandry thereof;
\q1 So is the utterance of the thought of the heart of a man.
\q1
\v 7 Praise no man before \add you hear him \add* reason;
\q1 For this is the trial of men.
\b
\q1
\v 8 If you follow righteousness, you will obtain her,
\q1 And put her on, as a long robe of glory.
\q1
\v 9 Birds will return to their like;
\q1 And truth will return to those who practice her.
\q1
\v 10 The lion lies in wait for prey;
\q1 So does sin for those who work iniquity.
\b
\q1
\v 11 The discourse of a godly man is always wisdom:
\q1 But the foolish man changes as the moon.
\q1
\v 12 Among men void of understanding observe the opportunity;
\q1 But stay continually among the thoughtful.
\q1
\v 13 The discourse of fools is an offence;
\q1 And their laughter is in the wantonness of sin.
\q1
\v 14 The talk of a man of many oaths will make the hair stand upright;
\q1 And their strife makes one stop his ears.
\q1
\v 15 The strife of the proud is a shedding of blood;
\q1 And their reviling of each other is a grievous thing to hear.
\b
\q1
\v 16 He that reveals secrets destroys credit,
\q1 And will not find a friend to his mind.
\q1
\v 17 Love a friend, and keep faith with him:
\q1 But if you reveal his secrets,
\q1 You shall not pursue after him;
\q1
\v 18 For as a man has destroyed his enemy,
\q1 So have you destroyed the friendship of your neighbor.
\q1
\v 19 And as a bird which you have released out of your hand,
\q1 So have you let your neighbor go, and you will not catch him again:
\q1
\v 20 Pursue him not, for he is gone far away,
\q1 And has escaped as a gazelle out of the snare.
\q1
\v 21 For a wound may be bound up, and after reviling there may be a reconcilement;
\q1 But he that reveals secrets has lost hope.
\b
\q1
\v 22 One that winks with the eye contrives evil things;
\q1 And no man will remove him from it.
\q1
\v 23 When you are present, he will speak sweetly,
\q1 And will admire your words;
\q1 But afterward he will writhe his mouth,
\q1 And set a trap \add for you \add* in your words.
\q1
\v 24 I have hated many things, but nothing like him;
\q1 And the Lord will hate him.
\b
\q1
\v 25 One that casts a stone on high casts it on his own head;
\q1 And a deceitful stroke will open wounds.
\q1
\v 26 He that digs a pit will fall into it;
\q1 And he that sets a snare will be taken therein.
\q1
\v 27 He that does evil things, they will roll upon him,
\q1 And he will not know whence they have come to him.
\q1
\v 28 Mockery and reproach are from the arrogant;
\q1 And vengeance, as a lion, will lie in wait for him.
\q1
\v 29 They that rejoice at the fall of the godly will be taken in a snare;
\q1 And anguish will consume them before they die.
\b
\q1
\v 30 Wrath and anger, these also are abominations;
\q1 And a sinful man will possess them.


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\c 28
\q1
\v 1 He that takes vengeance will find vengeance from the Lord;
\q1 And he will surely make firm his sins.
\q1
\v 2 Forgive your neighbor the hurt that he has done \add you; \add*
\q1 And then your sins will be pardoned when you pray.
\q1
\v 3 Man cherishes anger against man;
\q1 And does he seek healing from the Lord?
\q1
\v 4 Upon a man like himself he has no mercy;
\q1 And does he make supplication for his own sins?
\q1
\v 5 He being himself flesh nourishes wrath:
\q1 Who will make atonement for his sins?
\q1
\v 6 Remember your last end, and cease from enmity:
\q1 \add Remember \add* corruption and death, and remain in the commandments.
\q1
\v 7 Remember the commandments, and be not angry with your neighbor;
\q1 And \add remember \add* the covenant of the Highest, and wink at ignorance.
\b
\q1
\v 8 Abstain from strife, and you will diminish your sins:
\q1 For a passionate man will kindle strife;
\q1
\v 9 And a man that is a sinner will trouble friends,
\q1 And will make debate among those who are at peace.
\q1
\v 10 \f + \fr 28:10 \ft The order of the lines in this verse is uncertain. \f* As is the fuel of the fire, so will it burn;
\q1 And as the stoutness of the strife is, \add so \add* will it burn:
\q1 As is the strength of the man, \add so \add* will be his wrath;
\q1 And as is his wealth, \add so \add* he will exalt his anger.
\q1
\v 11 A contention begun in haste kindles a fire;
\q1 And a hasty fighting sheds blood.
\q1
\v 12 If you blow a spark, it will burn;
\q1 And if you spit upon it, it will be quenched:
\q1 And both these shall come out of your mouth.
\b
\q1
\v 13 Curse the whisperer and double-tongued:
\q1 For he has destroyed many that were at peace.
\q1
\v 14 A third person’s tongue has shaken many,
\q1 And dispersed them from nation to nation;
\q1 And it has pulled down strong cities,
\q1 And overthrown the houses of great men.
\q1
\v 15 A third person’s tongue has cast out brave women,
\q1 And deprived them of their labors.
\q1
\v 16 He that listens to it will not find rest,
\q1 Nor shall he dwell quietly.
\q1
\v 17 The stroke of a whip makes a mark in the flesh;
\q1 But the stroke of a tongue will break bones.
\q1
\v 18 Many have fallen by the edge of the sword:
\q1 Yet not so many as those who have fallen because of the tongue.
\q1
\v 19 Happy is he that is sheltered from it,
\q1 That has not passed through the wrath thereof;
\q1 That has not drawn its yoke,
\q1 And has not been bound with its bands.
\q1
\v 20 For the yoke thereof is a yoke of iron,
\q1 And the bands thereof are bands of brass.
\q1
\v 21 The death thereof is an evil death;
\q1 And Hades were better than it.
\q1
\v 22 It shall not have rule over godly men;
\q1 And they shall not be burned in its flame.
\q1
\v 23 They that forsake the Lord shall fall into it;
\q1 And it shall burn among them, and shall not be quenched:
\q1 It shall be sent forth upon them as a lion;
\q1 And as a leopard it shall destroy them.
\q1
\v 24 Look that you hedge your possession about with thorns;
\q1 Bind up your silver and your gold;
\q1
\v 25 And make a balance and a weight for your words;
\q1 And make a door and a bar for your mouth.
\q1
\v 26 Take heed lest you slip therein;
\q1 Lest you fall before one that lies in wait.
\b


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\c 29
\q1
\v 1 He that shows mercy will lend to his neighbor;
\q1 And he that strengthens him with his hand keeps the commandments.
\q1
\v 2 Lend to your neighbor in time of his need;
\q1 And pay you your neighbor again in due season.
\q1
\v 3 Confirm your word, and keep faith with him;
\q1 And at all seasons you shall find what you need.
\q1
\v 4 Many have reckoned a loan as a windfall,
\q1 And have given trouble to those that helped them.
\q1
\v 5 Till he has received, he will kiss a man’s hands;
\q1 And for his neighbor’s money he will speak submissly:
\q1 And when payment is due, he will prolong the time,
\q1 And return words of heaviness, and complain of \f + \fr 29:5 \ft Gr. \fqa the season. \f* the times.
\q1
\v 6 If he prevail, he shall hardly receive the half;
\q1 And he will count it as a windfall:
\q1 If not, he has deprived him of his money,
\q1 And he has gotten him for an enemy without cause:
\q1 He will pay him with cursing and railing;
\q1 And for honor he will pay him disgrace.
\q1
\v 7 \f + \fr 29:7 \ft Some ancient authorities read \fqa Many therefore. \f* Many on account of \add men’s \add* ill-dealing have turned away;
\q1 They have feared to be defrauded for nothing.
\q1
\v 8 However with a man in poor estate be patient;
\q1 And let him not wait for \add your \add* alms.
\q1
\v 9 Help a poor man for the commandment’s sake;
\q1 And according to his need send him not empty away.
\q1
\v 10 Lose \add your \add* money for a brother and a friend;
\q1 And let it not rust under the stone to be lost.
\q1
\v 11 Bestow your treasure according to the commandments of the Most High;
\q1 And it shall profit you more than gold.
\q1
\v 12 Shut up alms in your store-chambers;
\q1 And it shall deliver you out of all affliction:
\q1
\v 13 It shall fight for you against your enemy
\q1 Better than a mighty shield and a ponderous spear.
\b
\q1
\v 14 A good man will be surety for his neighbor;
\q1 And he that has lost shame will fail him.
\q1
\v 15 Forget not the good offices of your surety;
\q1 For he has given his life for you.
\q1
\v 16 A sinner will overthrow the good estate of his surety;
\q1
\v 17 And he that is of an unthankful mind will fail him that delivered him.
\q1
\v 18 Suretiship has undone many that were prospering,
\q1 And shaken them as a wave of the sea:
\q1 Mighty men has it driven from their homes;
\q1 And they wandered among strange nations.
\q1
\v 19 A sinner that falls into suretiship,
\q1 And undertakes contracts for work, shall fall into lawsuits.
\q1
\v 20 Help your neighbor according to your power,
\q1 And take heed to yourself that you fall not \add the same way. \add*
\b
\q1
\v 21 The chief thing for life is water, and bread,
\q1 And a garment, and a house to cover shame.
\q1
\v 22 Better is the life of a poor man under a shelter of logs,
\q1 Than sumptuous fare in another man’s house.
\q1
\v 23 With little or with much, be well satisfied. \f + \fr 29:23 \ft The remainder of this verse is omitted by the best authorities. \f*
\q1
\v 24 It is a miserable life to go from house to house:
\q1 And where you are a sojourner, you shall not \add dare to \add* open your mouth.
\q1
\v 25 You shall entertain, and give to drink, and have no thanks:
\q1 And in addition to this you shall hear bitter words.
\q1
\v 26 Come here, you sojourner, furnish a table,
\q1 And if you have anything in your hand, feed me with it.
\q1
\v 27 Go forth, you sojourner, from the face of honor;
\q1 My brother is come to be my guest; I have need of my house.
\q1
\v 28 These things are grievous to a man of understanding;
\q1 The upbraiding of house-room, and the reproaching of the money-lender.
\b


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\c 3
\q1
\v 1 Hear me, your father, O my children,
\q2 and do what you hear, that you all may be saved.
\q1
\v 2 For the Lord has given the father glory concerning the children,
\q2 and has confirmed the judgement of the mother concerning the sons.
\q1
\v 3 He who honors his father will make atonement for sins.
\q2
\v 4 He that gives glory to his mother is as one who lays up treasure.
\q1
\v 5 Whoever honors his father will have joy in his own children.
\q2 He will be heard in the day of his prayer.
\q1
\v 6 He who gives glory to his father will have length of days.
\q2 He who listens to the Lord will bring rest to his mother,
\q1
\v 7 \f + \fr 3:7 \ft Some manuscripts add \fqa those who fear the Lord honor their father,\f* and will serve under his parents, as to masters.
\q1
\v 8 Honor your father in deed and word,
\q2 that a blessing may come upon you from him.
\q1
\v 9 For the blessing of the father establishes the houses of children,
\q2 but the curse of the mother roots out the foundations.
\b
\q1
\v 10 Don’t glorify yourself in the dishonor of your father,
\q2 for your father’s dishonor is no glory to you.
\q1
\v 11 For the glory of a man is from the honor of his father,
\q2 and a mother in dishonor is a reproach to her children.
\q1
\v 12 My son, help your father in his old age,
\q2 and don’t grieve him as long as he lives.
\q1
\v 13 If he fails in understanding, have patience with him.
\q2 Don’t dishonor him in your full strength.
\q1
\v 14 For the relieving of your father will not be forgotten.
\q2 Instead of sins it will be added to build you up.
\q1
\v 15 In the day of your affliction it will remember you,
\q2 as fair weather upon ice,
\q2 ao will your sins also melt away.
\q1
\v 16 He who forsakes his father is as a blasphemer.
\q2 He who provokes his mother is cursed by the Lord.
\b
\q1
\v 17 My son, go on with your business in humility;
\q2 so will you be loved by an acceptable man.
\q1
\v 18 The greater you are, humble yourself the more,
\q2 and you will find favor before the Lord.
\v 19 \f + \fr 3:19 \ft Some manuscripts add \fqa Many are lofty and renowned, but he reveals his secrets to the humble.\f*
\q1
\v 20 For the power of the Lord is great,
\q2 and he is glorified by those who are lowly.
\q1
\v 21 Don’t seek things that are too hard for you,
\q2 and don’t search out things that are above your strength.
\q1
\v 22 Think about the things that have been commanded you,
\q2 for you have no need of the things that are secret.
\q1
\v 23 Don’t be overly busy in your superfluous works,
\q2 for more things are showed to you than men can understand.
\q1
\v 24 For the conceit of many has led them astray.
\q2 Evil opinion has caused their judgement to slip.
\q1
\v 25 \f + \fr 3:25 \ft Some manuscripts omit verse 25.\f*There is no light without eyes.
\q2 There is no wisdom without knowledge.
\b
\q1
\v 26 A stubborn heart will do badly at the end.
\q2 He who loves danger will perish in it.
\q1
\v 27 A stubborn heart will be burdened with troubles.
\q2 The sinner will heap sin upon sins.
\q1
\v 28 The calamity of the proud is no healing,
\q2 for a weed of wickedness has taken root in him.
\q1
\v 29 The heart of the prudent will understand a parable.
\q2 A wise man desires the ear of a listener.
\q1
\v 30 Water will quench a flaming fire;
\q2 almsgiving will make atonement for sins.
\q1
\v 31 He repays good turns is mindful of that which comes afterward.
\q2 In the time of his falling he will find a support.
\b


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\c 30
\q1
\v 1 He that loves his son will continue to lay stripes upon him,
\q1 That he may have joy of him in the end.
\q1
\v 2 He that chastises his son shall have profit of him,
\q1 And shall glory of him among his acquaintance.
\q1
\v 3 He that teaches his son shall provoke his enemy to jealousy;
\q1 And before friends he shall rejoice of him.
\q1
\v 4 His father dies, and is as though he had not died;
\q1 For he has left one behind him like himself.
\q1
\v 5 In his life, he saw and rejoiced \add in him; \add*
\q1 And when he died, he sorrowed not:
\q1
\v 6 He left behind him an avenger against his enemies,
\q1 And one to requite kindness to his friends.
\q1
\v 7 He that makes too much of his son shall bind up his wounds;
\q1 And his heart will be troubled at every cry.
\q1
\v 8 An unbroken horse becomes stubborn;
\q1 And a son left at large becomes headstrong.
\q1
\v 9 Cocker your child, and he shall make you afraid:
\q1 Play with him, and he will grieve you.
\q1
\v 10 Laugh not with him, lest you have sorrow with him;
\q1 And you shall gnash your teeth in the end.
\q1
\v 11 Give him no liberty in his youth,
\q1 \f + \fr 30:11 \ft These three lines are absent from the oldest MSS. \f* And wink not at his follies.
\q1
\v 12 \f + \fr 30:12 \ft These three lines are absent from the oldest MSS. \f* Bow down his neck in his youth,
\q1 And beat him on the sides while he is a child,
\q1 Lest he wax stubborn, and be disobedient to you;
\q1 \f + \fr 30:12 \ft These three lines are absent from the oldest MSS. \f* And there shall be sorrow to your soul.
\q1
\v 13 Chastise your son, and take pains with him,
\q1 Lest his shameless behavior be an offence to you.
\b
\q1
\v 14 Better is a poor man, being sound and strong of constitution,
\q1 Than a rich man that is plagued in his body.
\q1
\v 15 Health and a good constitution are better than all gold;
\q1 And a strong body than wealth without measure.
\q1
\v 16 There is no riches better than health of body;
\q1 And there is no gladness above the joy of the heart.
\q1
\v 17 Death is better than a bitter life,
\q1 \f + \fr 30:17 \ft The oldest MSS. omit \fqa And eternal rest. \f* And \f + \fr 30:17 \ft Gr. \fqa age-long rest. \f* eternal rest than a continual sickness.
\q1
\v 18 Good things poured out upon a mouth that is closed
\q1 Are \add as \add* messes of meat laid upon a grave.
\q1
\v 19 What does an offering profit an idol?
\q1 For neither shall it eat nor smell:
\q1 So is he that is afflicted of the Lord,
\q1
\v 20 Seeing with his eyes and groaning,
\q1 As an eunuch embracing a virgin and groaning.
\b
\q1
\v 21 Give not over your soul to sorrow;
\q1 And afflict not yourself in your own counsel.
\q1
\v 22 Gladness of heart is the life of a man;
\q1 And the joyfulness of a man is length of days.
\q1
\v 23 Love your own soul, and comfort your heart:
\q1 And remove sorrow far from you;
\q1 For sorrow has destroyed many,
\q1 And there is no profit therein.
\q1
\v 24 Envy and wrath shorten \add a man’s \add* days;
\q1 And care brings old age before the time.
\q1
\v 25 A cheerful and good heart
\q1 Will have a care of his meat and diet.


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\q1
\v 1 Wakefulness that comes of riches consumes the flesh,
\q1 And the anxiety thereof puts away sleep.
\q1
\v 2 Wakeful anxiety will crave slumber;
\q1 And \f + \fr 31:2 \ft This appears to be the meaning; but the Greek text here is probably corrupt. \f* in a sore disease sleep will be broken.
\b
\q1
\v 3 A rich man toils in gathering money together;
\q1 And when he rests, he is filled with his good things.
\q1
\v 4 A poor man toils in lack of substance;
\q1 And when he rests, he becomes needy.
\q1
\v 5 He that loves gold shall not be justified;
\q1 And he that follows destruction shall himself have his fill \add of it. \add*
\q1
\v 6 Many have been given over to ruin for the sake of gold;
\q1 And their perdition \f + \fr 31:6 \ft Or, \fqa comes to pass in their faces \f* meets them face to face.
\q1
\v 7 It is a stumbling block to those who sacrifice to it;
\q1 And every fool shall be taken therewith.
\q1
\v 8 Blessed is the rich that is found without blemish,
\q1 And that goes not after gold.
\q1
\v 9 Who is he? and we will call him blessed:
\q1 For wonderful things has he done among his people.
\q1
\v 10 Who has been tried by it, and found perfect?
\q1 Then let him glory.
\q1 Who has had the power to transgress, and has not transgressed?
\q1 And to do evil, and has not done it?
\q1
\v 11 His goods shall be made sure,
\q1 And the congregation shall declare his alms.
\q1
\v 12 Sittest you at a great table? \f + \fr 31:12 \ft Gr. \fqa open not your throat upon it.\f* be not greedy upon it,
\q1 And say not, Many are the things upon it.
\q1
\v 13 Remember that an evil eye is a wicked thing:
\q1 What has been created more evil than an eye?
\q1 Therefore it sheds tears from every face.
\q1
\v 14 Stretch not your hand wherever it looks,
\q1 And thrust not yourself with it into the dish.
\q1
\v 15 Consider your neighbor’s \add liking \add* by your own;
\q1 And be discreet in every point.
\q1
\v 16 Eat, as \add becomes \add* a man, those things which are set before you;
\q1 And eat not greedily, lest you be hated.
\q1
\v 17 Be first to leave off for manners’ sake;
\q1 And be not insatiable, lest you offend.
\q1
\v 18 And if you sit among many,
\q1 Reach not out your hand before them.
\b
\q1
\v 19 How sufficient to a well-mannered man is a very little,
\q1 And he does not breathe hard upon his bed.
\q1
\v 20 Healthy sleep comes of moderate eating;
\q1 He rises early, and his wits are with him:
\q1 The pain of wakefulness, and colic,
\q1 And griping, are with an insatiable man.
\q1
\v 21 And if you have been forced to eat,
\q1 Rise up in the midst thereof, and you shall have rest.
\q1
\v 22 Hear me, my son, and despise me not,
\q1 And at the last you shall find my words \add true: \add*
\q1 In all your works be quick,
\q1 And no disease shall come to you.
\b
\q1
\v 23 Him that is liberal of his meat the lips shall bless;
\q1 And the testimony of his excellence shall be believed.
\q1
\v 24 The city will murmer at he who is a stingy with his meat;
\q1 And the testimony of his stinginess will be sure.
\b
\q1
\v 25 Show not yourself valiant in wine;
\q1 For wine has destroyed many.
\q1
\v 26 The furnace proves the temper \add of steel \add* by dipping;
\q1 So does wine \add prove \add* hearts in the quarreling of the proud.
\q1
\v 27 Wine is as good as life to men,
\q1 If you drink it in its measure:
\q1 What life is there to a man that is without wine?
\q1 And it has been created to make men glad.
\q1
\v 28 Wine drunk in season \add and \add* to satisfy
\q1 Is joy of heart, and gladness of soul:
\q1
\v 29 Wine drunk largely is bitterness of soul,
\q1 With provocation and conflict.
\q1
\v 30 Drunkenness increases the rage of a fool to his hurt;
\q1 It diminishes strength, and adds wounds.
\b
\q1
\v 31 Rebuke not your neighbor at a banquet of wine,
\q1 Neither set him at nothing in his mirth:
\q1 Speak not to him a word of reproach,
\q1 And press not upon him by asking back \add a debt. \add*


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\c 32
\q1
\v 1 Have they made you ruler \add of a feast? \add*
\q1 Be not lifted up,
\q1 Be you among them as one of them;
\q1 Take thought for them, and so sit down.
\q1
\v 2 And when you have done all your office, take your place,
\q1 That you may be gladdened on their account,
\q1 And receive a crown for your well ordering.
\b
\q1
\v 3 Speak, you that are the elder, for it becomes you, \add but \add* with sound knowledge;
\q1 And hinder not music.
\q1
\v 4 Pour not out talk where there is a performance of music,
\q1 And display not your wisdom out of season.
\q1
\v 5 \add As \add* a signet of carbuncle in a setting of gold,
\q1 \add So \add* is a concert of music in a banquet of wine.
\q1
\v 6 \add As \add* a signet of emerald in a work of gold,
\q1 \add So \add* is a strain of music with pleasant wine.
\b
\q1
\v 7 Speak, young man, if there be need of you;
\q1 \add Yet \add* scarcely if you be twice asked.
\q1
\v 8 Sum up your speech, many things in few words;
\q1 Be as one that knows and yet holds his tongue.
\q1
\v 9 \add If you be \add* among great men, behave not as their equal;
\q1 And when another is speaking, make not much babbling.
\q1
\v 10 Lightning speeds before thunder;
\q1 And before a shamefast man favor shall go forth.
\q1
\v 11 Rise up betimes, and be not the last;
\q1 Get you home quickly and loiter not:
\q1
\v 12 There take your pastime, and do what is in your heart;
\q1 And sin not by proud speech:
\q1
\v 13 And for these things bless him that made you,
\q1 And gives you to drink freely of his good things.
\b
\q1
\v 14 He that fears the Lord will receive \add his \add* discipline;
\q1 And those who seek \add him \add* early shall find favor.
\q1
\v 15 He that seeks the law shall be filled therewith:
\q1 But the hypocrite shall stumble thereat.
\q1
\v 16 They that fear the Lord shall find judgement,
\q1 And shall kindle righteous acts as a light.
\q1
\v 17 A sinful man shuns reproof,
\q1 And will find a judgement according to his will.
\b
\q1
\v 18 A man of counsel will not neglect a thought;
\q1 A strange and proud man will not crouch in fear,
\q1 Even after he has done a thing by himself without counsel.
\q1
\v 19 Do nothing without counsel;
\q1 And when you have once done, repent not.
\q1
\v 20 Go not in a way of conflict;
\q1 And stumble not in stony places.
\q1
\v 21 Be not confident in a \f + \fr 32:21 \ft Gr. \fqa without stumbling blocks.\f* smooth way.
\q1
\v 22 And beware of your own children.
\q1
\v 23 In every work trust your own soul;
\q1 For this is the keeping of the commandments.
\b
\q1
\v 24 He that believes the law gives heed to the commandment;
\q1 And he that trusts in the Lord shall suffer no loss.


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\q1
\v 1 There shall no evil happen to him that fears the Lord;
\q1 But in temptation once and again he will deliver him.
\q1
\v 2 A wise man will not hate the law;
\q1 But he that is a hypocrite therein is as a ship in a storm.
\q1
\v 3 A man of understanding will put his trust in the law;
\q1 And the law is faithful to him, as when one asks at the oracle.
\b
\q1
\v 4 Prepare \add your \add* speech, and so shall you be heard;
\q1 Bind up instruction, and make your answer.
\q1
\v 5 The heart of a fool is \add as \add* a cartwheel;
\q1 And his thoughts like a rolling axle tree.
\q1
\v 6 A stallion horse is as a mocking friend;
\q1 He neighs under every one that sits upon him.
\b
\q1
\v 7 Why does one day excel another,
\q1 When all the light of every day in the year is of the sun?
\q1
\v 8 By the knowledge of the Lord they were distinguished;
\q1 And he varied seasons and feasts:
\q1
\v 9 Some of them he exalted and hallowed,
\q1 And some of them has he made ordinary days.
\q1
\v 10 And all men are from the ground,
\q1 And Adam was created of earth.
\q1
\v 11 In the abundance of his knowledge the Lord distinguished them,
\q1 And made their ways various:
\q1
\v 12 Some of them he blessed and exalted,
\q1 And some of them he hallowed and brought near to himself:
\q1 Some of them he cursed and brought low,
\q1 And overthrew them from their place.
\q1
\v 13 As the clay of the potter in his hand,
\q1 All his ways are according to his good pleasure;
\q1 So men are in the hand of him that made them,
\q1 To render to them according to his judgement.
\q1
\v 14 Good is the opposite of evil,
\q1 And life is the opposite of death:
\q1 So is \f + \fr 33:14 \ft A line of this verse is here omitted by the best authorities. \f* the sinner is the opposite of the godly.
\q1
\v 15 And thus look upon all the works of the Most High;
\q1 Two and two, one against another.
\b
\q1
\v 16 And I waked up last,
\q1 As one that gleans after the grape gatherers:
\q1 By the blessing of the Lord I got before them,
\q1 And filled my winepress as one that gathers grapes.
\q1
\v 17 Consider that I labored not for myself alone,
\q1 But for all those who seek instruction.
\q1
\v 18 Hear me, you° great men of the people,
\q1 And listen with your ears, you° rulers of the congregation.
\b
\q1
\v 19 To son and wife, to brother and friend,
\q1 Give not power over you while you live;
\q1 And give not your goods to another,
\q1 Lest you repent and make supplication for them \add again. \add*
\q1
\v 20 Whilst you yet live, and breath is in you,
\q1 Give not yourself over to anybody.
\q1
\v 21 For better it is that your children should supplicate you,
\q1 Than that you should look to the hand of your sons.
\q1
\v 22 In all your works keep the upper hand;
\q1 Bring not a stain on your honor.
\q1
\v 23 In the day that you endest the days of your life,
\q1 And in the time of death, distribute your inheritance.
\b
\q1
\v 24 Fodder, a stick, and burdens, for an ass;
\q1 Bread, and discipline, and work, for a servant.
\q1
\v 25 Set your servant to work, and you shall find rest:
\q1 Leave his hands idle, and he will seek liberty.
\q1
\v 26 Yoke and thong will bow the neck:
\q1 And for an evil servant there are racks and tortures.
\q1
\v 27 Send him to labor, that he be not idle;
\q1 For idleness teaches much mischief.
\q1
\v 28 Set him to work, as is fit for him;
\q1 And if he obey not, make his fetters heavy.
\q1
\v 29 And be not excessive toward any;
\q1 And without judgement do nothing.
\b
\q1
\v 30 If you have a servant, let him be as yourself,
\q1 Because you have bought him with blood.
\q1
\v 31 If you have a servant, treat him as yourself;
\q1 \f + \fr 33:31 \ft The Greek text of this line is probably corrupt. \f* For as your own soul will you have need of him:
\q1 If you treat him ill, and he depart and run away,
\q1 Which way will you go to seek him?
\b


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\q1
\v 1 Vain and false hopes are for a man void of understanding;
\q1 And dreams give wings to fools.
\q1
\v 2 As one that catches at a shadow, and follows after the wind,
\q1 So is he that sets his mind on dreams.
\q1
\v 3 The vision of dreams is \add as \add* this thing against that,
\q1 The likeness of a face near a face.
\q1
\v 4 Of an unclean thing what shall be cleansed?
\q1 And of that which is false what shall be true?
\q1
\v 5 Divinations, and soothsayings, and dreams, are vain:
\q1 And the heart fancies, as a woman’s in travail.
\q1
\v 6 If they be not sent from the Most High in \add your \add* visitation,
\q1 Give not your heart to them.
\v 7 For dreams have led many astray:
\q1 And they have failed by putting their hope in them.
\q1
\v 8 Without lying shall the law be accomplished;
\q1 And wisdom is perfection to a faithful mouth.
\b
\q1
\v 9 A well-instructed man knows many things;
\q1 And he that has much experience will declare understanding.
\q1
\v 10 He that has no experience knows few things:
\q1 But he that has wandered shall increase \add his \add* skill.
\q1
\v 11 In my wandering I have seen many things;
\q1 And more than my words is my understanding.
\q1
\v 12 Ofttimes was I in danger even to death;
\q1 And I was preserved because of these things.
\q1
\v 13 The spirit of those that fear the Lord shall live;
\q1 For their hope is upon him that saves them.
\q1
\v 14 Whoso fears the Lord shall not be afraid, and shall not play the coward;
\q1 For he is his hope.
\q1
\v 15 Blessed is the soul of him that fears the Lord:
\q1 To whom does he give heed? and who is his stay?
\q1
\v 16 The eyes of the Lord are upon those who love him,
\q1 A mighty protection and strong stay,
\q1 A cover from the hot blast, and a cover from the noonday,
\q1 A guard from stumbling, and a help from falling.
\q1
\v 17 He raises up the soul, and enlightens the eyes:
\q1 He gives healing, life, and blessing.
\b
\q1
\v 18 He that sacrifices of a thing wrongfully gotten, his offering is made in mockery;
\q1 And the mockeries of wicked men are not well-pleasing.
\q1
\v 19 The Most High has no pleasure in the offerings of the ungodly;
\q1 Neither is he pacified for sins by the multitude of sacrifices.
\q1
\v 20 \add As \add* one that kills the son before his father’s eyes
\q1 Is he that brings a sacrifice from the goods of the poor.
\q1
\v 21 The bread of the needy is the life of the poor:
\q1 He that deprives him thereof is a man of blood.
\q1
\v 22 \add As \add* one that slays his neighbor is he that takes away his living;
\q1 And \add as \add* a shedder of blood is he that deprives a hireling of his hire.
\q1
\v 23 One building, and another pulling down,
\q1 What profit have they had but toil?
\q1
\v 24 One praying, and another cursing,
\q1 Whose voice will the Lord listen to?
\q1
\v 25 He that washes himself after \add touching \add* a dead body, and touches it again,
\q1 What profit has he in his washing?
\q1
\v 26 Even so a man fasting for his sins,
\q1 And going again, and doing the same;
\q1 Who will listen to his prayer?
\q1 And what profit has he in his humiliation?
\b


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\q1
\v 1 He that keeps the law multiplies offerings;
\q1 He that takes heed to the commandments sacrifices a peace offering.
\q1
\v 2 He that requites a good turn offers fine flour;
\q1 And he that gives alms sacrifices a thank offering.
\q1
\v 3 To depart from wickedness is a thing pleasing to the Lord;
\q1 And to depart from unrighteousness is an atoning sacrifice.
\q1
\v 4 See that you appear not in the presence of the Lord empty.
\q1
\v 5 For all these things \add are to be done \add* because of the commandment.
\q1
\v 6 The offering of the righteous makes the altar fat;
\q1 And the sweet savor thereof \add is \add* before the Most High.
\q1
\v 7 The sacrifice of a righteous man is acceptable;
\q1 And the memorial thereof shall not be forgotten.
\q1
\v 8 Glorify the Lord with a good eye,
\q1 And stint not the first fruits of your hands.
\q1
\v 9 In every gift show a cheerful countenance,
\q1 And dedicate your tithe with gladness.
\q1
\v 10 Give to the Most High according as he has given;
\q1 And as your hand has found, \add give \add* with a good eye.
\q1
\v 11 For the Lord recompenses,
\q1 And he will recompense you sevenfold.
\b
\q1
\v 12 Think not to corrupt with gifts; for he will not receive them:
\q1 And set not your mind on an unrighteous sacrifice;
\q1 For the Lord is judge,
\q1 And with him is no respect of persons.
\q1
\v 13 He will not accept any person against a poor man;
\q1 And he will listen to the prayer of him that is wronged.
\q1
\v 14 He will in no wise despise the supplication of the fatherless;
\q1 Nor the widow, \f + \fr 35:14 \ft Gr. \fqa if \f* when she pours out her tale.
\q1
\v 15 Do not the tears of the widow run down her cheek?
\q1 And is not her cry against him that has caused them to fall?
\q1
\v 16 He that serves \add God \add* according to his good pleasure shall be accepted,
\q1 And his supplication shall reach to the clouds.
\q1
\v 17 The prayer of the humble pierces the clouds;
\q1 And till it come near, he will not be comforted;
\q1 And he will not depart, till the Most High shall visit;
\q1 And he shall judge \f + \fr 35:17 \ft Some ancient authorities read \fqa for the righteous. \f* righteously, and execute judgement.
\q1
\v 18 And the Lord will not be slack, neither will he be patient toward them,
\q1 Till he have crushed the loins of the unmerciful;
\q1 And he shall repay vengeance to the heathen;
\q1 Till he have taken away the multitude of the arrogant,
\q1 And broken in pieces the sceptres of the unrighteous;
\q1
\v 19 Till he have rendered to \add every \add* man according to his doings,
\q1 And \add to \add* the works of men according to their plans;
\q1 Till he have judged the cause of his people;
\q1 And he shall make them to rejoice in his mercy.
\q1
\v 20 Mercy is seasonable in the time of his afflicting \add them, \add*
\q1 As clouds of rain in the time of drought.
\b


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\q1
\v 1 Have mercy upon us, O Lord the God of all, and behold;
\q1
\v 2 And send your fear upon all the nations: \f + \fr 36:2 \ft The remainder of this verse is omitted by the best authorities. \f*
\q1
\v 3 Lift up your hand against the strange nations;
\q1 And let them see your mighty power.
\q1
\v 4 As you were sanctified in us before them,
\q1 So be you magnified in them before us.
\q1
\v 5 And let them know you, as we also have known you,
\q1 That there is no God but only you, O God.
\q1
\v 6 Show new signs, and work various wonders;
\q1 Glorify your hand and your right arm. \f + \fr 36:6 \ft The remainder of this verse is omitted by the best authorities. \f*
\q1
\v 7 Raise up indignation, and pour out wrath;
\q1 Take away the adversary, and destroy the enemy.
\q1
\v 8 Hasten the time, and remember the oath;
\q1 And let them declare your mighty works.
\q1
\v 9 Let him that escapes be devoured by the rage of fire;
\q1 And may those who harm your people find destruction.
\q1
\v 10 Crush the heads of the rulers of the enemies,
\q1 That say, There is none but we.
\q1
\v 11 Gather all the tribes of Jacob together,
\q1 And \f + \fr 36:11 \ft The ancient authorities read \fqa I took them for my inheritance: \ft but the Greek text is here very confused. \f* take them for your inheritance, as from the beginning.
\q1
\v 12 O Lord, have mercy upon the people that is called by your name,
\q1 And upon Israel, whom you did liken to a firstborn.
\q1
\v 13 Have compassion upon the city of your sanctuary,
\q1 Jerusalem, the place of your rest.
\q1
\v 14 Fill Sion; exalt your oracles,
\q1 And \add fill \add* your people with your glory.
\q1
\v 15 Give testimony to those that were your creatures in the beginning,
\q1 And raise up the prophecies that have been in your name.
\q1
\v 16 Give reward to those who wait for you:
\q1 And men shall put their trust in your prophets.
\q1
\v 17 Listen, O Lord, to the prayer of your suppliants,
\q1 According to the blessing of Aaron concerning your people;
\q1 And all those who are on the earth shall know
\q1 That you are the Lord, the \f + \fr 36:17 \ft Gr. \fqa God of the ages. \f* eternal God.
\b
\q1
\v 18 The belly will eat any meat;
\q1 Yet is one meat better than another.
\q1
\v 19 The \f + \fr 36:19 \ft Gr. \fqa throat. \f* mouth tastes meats taken in hunting:
\q1 So does an understanding heart false speeches.
\q1
\v 20 A contrary heart will cause heaviness:
\q1 And a man of experience will recompense him.
\q1
\v 21 A woman will receive any man;
\q1 But one daughter is better than another.
\q1
\v 22 The beauty of a woman cheers the countenance;
\q1 And a man desires nothing so much.
\q1
\v 23 If there is on her tongue mercy and meekness,
\q1 Her husband is not like the sons of men.
\q1
\v 24 He that gets a wife enters upon a possession:
\q1 A help meet for him, and a pillar of rest.
\q1
\v 25 Where no hedge is, the possession will be laid waste:
\q1 And he that has no wife will mourn as he wanders up and down.
\q1
\v 26 For who will trust a nimble robber, that skips from city to city?
\q1 Even so \add who shall trust \add* a man that has no nest, and lodges wherever he finds himself at nightfall?
\b


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\q1
\v 1 Every friend will say, I also am his friend:
\q1 But there is a friend, which is only a friend in name.
\q1
\v 2 Is there not a grief in it even to death,
\q1 When a companion and friend is turned to enmity?
\q1
\v 3 O wicked imagination, whence came you rolling in
\q1 To cover the dry land with deceitfulness?
\q1
\v 4 There is a companion, which rejoices in the gladness of a friend,
\q1 But in time of affliction will be against him.
\q1
\v 5 There is a companion, which for the belly’s sake labors with his friend,
\q1 In the face of battle will take up the buckler.
\q1
\v 6 Forget not a friend in your soul;
\q1 And be not unmindful of him in your riches.
\b
\q1
\v 7 Every counselor extols counsel;
\q1 But there is that counsels for himself.
\q1
\v 8 Let your soul beware of a counselor,
\q1 And know you before what is his interest
\q1 (For he will take counsel for himself);
\q1 Lest he cast the lot upon you,
\q1
\v 9 And say to you, Your way is good:
\q1 And he will stand near you, to see what will happen to you.
\q1
\v 10 Take not counsel with one that looks askance at you;
\q1 And hide your counsel from such as are jealous of you.
\q1
\v 11 \add Take not counsel \add* with a woman about her rival;
\q1 Neither with a coward about war;
\q1 Nor with a merchant about exchange;
\q1 Nor with a buyer about selling;
\q1 Nor with an envious man about thankfulness;
\q1 Nor with an unmerciful man about kindliness;
\q1 Nor with a sluggard about any kind of work;
\q1 Nor with a hireling in your house about finishing \add his work; \add*
\q1 Nor with an idle servant about much business:
\q1 Give not heed to these in any matter of counsel.
\q1
\v 12 But rather be continually with a godly man,
\q1 Whom you shall have known to be a keeper of the commandments,
\q1 Who in his soul is as your own soul,
\q1 And who will grieve with you, if you shall miscarry.
\q1
\v 13 And make the counsel of your heart to stand;
\q1 For there is none more faithful to you than it.
\q1
\v 14 For a man’s soul is sometimes wont to bring him tidings,
\q1 More than seven watchmen that sit on high on a watch-tower.
\q1
\v 15 And above all this entreat the Most High,
\q1 That he may direct your way in truth.
\b
\q1
\v 16 Let reason be the beginning of every work,
\q1 And let counsel go before every action.
\q1
\v 17 As a token of the changing of the heart,
\q1
\v 18 four manner of things do rise up,
\q1 Good and evil, life and death;
\q1 And that which rules over them continually is the tongue.
\q1
\v 19 There is one that is shrewd \add and \add* the instructor of many,
\q1 And yet is unprofitable to his own soul.
\q1
\v 20 There is \add one \add* that is subtle in words, and is hated;
\q1 He shall be destitute of all food:
\q1
\v 21 For grace was not given him from the Lord;
\q1 Because he is deprived of all wisdom.
\q1
\v 22 There is one that is wise to his own soul;
\q1 And the fruits of his understanding are trustworthy in the mouth.
\q1
\v 23 A wise man will instruct his own people;
\q1 And the fruits of his understanding are trustworthy.
\q1
\v 24 A wise man shall be filled with blessing;
\q1 And all those who see him shall call him happy.
\q1
\v 25 The life of man is counted by days;
\q1 And the days of Israel are innumerable.
\q1
\v 26 The wise man shall inherit confidence among his people,
\q1 And his name shall live forever.
\b
\q1
\v 27 My son, prove your soul in your life,
\q1 And see what is evil for it, and give not that to it.
\q1
\v 28 For all things are not profitable for all men,
\q1 Neither has every soul pleasure in every thing.
\q1
\v 29 Be not insatiable in any luxury,
\q1 And be not greedy on the things that you eatest.
\q1
\v 30 For in multitude of meats there shall be disease,
\q1 And surfeiting shall come near to colic.
\q1
\v 31 Because of surfeiting have many perished;
\q1 But he that takes heed shall prolong his life.
\b


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\q1
\v 1 Honor a physician according to your need \add of him \add* with the honors due to him:
\q1 For truly the Lord has created him.
\q1
\v 2 For from the Most High comes healing;
\q1 And from the king he shall receive a gift.
\q1
\v 3 The skill of the physician shall lift up his head;
\q1 And in the sight of great men he shall be admired.
\q1
\v 4 The Lord created medicines out of the earth;
\q1 And a prudent man will have no disgust at them.
\q1
\v 5 Was not water made sweet with wood,
\q1 That the virtue thereof might be known?
\q1
\v 6 And he gave men skill,
\q1 That \f + \fr 38:6 \ft Or, \fqa he \f* they might be glorified in his marvelous works.
\q1
\v 7 With them does he heal \add a man, \add*
\q1 And takes away his pain.
\q1
\v 8 With these will the apothecary make a confection;
\q1 And his works shall not be brought to an end;
\q1 And from him is peace upon the face of the earth.
\b
\q1
\v 9 My son, in your sickness be not negligent;
\q1 But pray to the Lord, and he shall heal you.
\q1
\v 10 Put away wrong doing, and order your hands aright,
\q1 And cleanse your heart from all manner of sin.
\q1
\v 11 Give a sweet savor, and a memorial of fine flour;
\q1 And make fat your offering, as one that is not.
\q1
\v 12 Then give place to the physician, for truly the Lord has created him;
\q1 And let him not go from you, for you have need of him.
\q1
\v 13 There is a time when in their very hands is the issue for good.
\q1
\v 14 For they also shall beseech the Lord,
\q1 That he may prosper them in \add giving \add* relief and in healing for the maintenance of life.
\q1
\v 15 He that sins before his Maker,
\q1 Let him fall into the hands of the physician.
\b
\q1
\v 16 My son, let your tears fall over the dead,
\q1 And as one that suffers grievously begin lamentation;
\q1 And wind up his body according to his due,
\q1 And neglect not his burial.
\q1
\v 17 Make bitter weeping, and make passionate wailing,
\q1 And let your mourning be according to his desert,
\q1 For one day or two, lest you be evil spoken of:
\q1 And so be comforted for your sorrow.
\q1
\v 18 For of sorrow comes death,
\q1 And sorrow of heart will bow down the strength.
\q1
\v 19 In calamity sorrow also remains:
\q1 And the poor man’s life is \f + \fr 38:19 \ft Gr. \fqa against the heart. \f* grievous to the heart.
\q1
\v 20 Don’t give your heart to sorrow.
\q1 Put it away, remembering the last end.
\q1
\v 21 Don’t forget it, for there is no returning again:
\q1 Him you shall not profit, and you will hurt yourself.
\q1
\v 22 Remember the sentence upon him; for so also shall your be;
\q1 Yesterday for me, and today for you.
\q1
\v 23 When the dead is at rest, let his remembrance rest;
\q1 And be comforted for him, when his spirit departs from him.
\b
\q1
\v 24 The wisdom of the scribe comes by opportunity of leisure;
\q1 And \f + \fr 38:24 \ft Gr. \fqa he that is lessened in his business. \f* he that has little business shall become wise.
\q1
\v 25 How shall he become wise that holds the plow,
\q1 That glories in the shaft of the goad,
\q1 That drives oxen, and is occupied in their labors,
\q1 And whose discourse is of the stock of bulls?
\q1
\v 26 He will set his heart upon turning his furrows;
\q1 And his wakefulness is to give his heifers their fodder.
\q1
\v 27 So is every craftsman and workmaster,
\q1 That passes his time by night as by day;
\q1 They that cut gravings of signets,
\q1 And his diligence is to make great variety;
\q1 He will set his heart to preserve likeness in his portraiture,
\q1 And will be wakeful to finish his work.
\q1
\v 28 So is the smith sitting by the anvil,
\q1 And considering the unwrought iron:
\q1 The vapor of the fire will waste his flesh;
\q1 And in the heat of the furnace he will wrestle \add with his work: \add*
\q1 The noise of the hammer will \f + \fr 38:28 \ft Gr. \fqa renew. \f* be ever in his ear,
\q1 And his eyes are upon the pattern of the vessel;
\q1 He will set his heart upon perfecting his works,
\q1 And And he will be wakeful to adorn them perfectly.
\q1
\v 29 So is the potter sitting at his work,
\q1 And turning the wheel about with his feet,
\q1 Who is always anxiously set at his work,
\q1 And all his handiwork is by number;
\q1
\v 30 He will fashion the clay with his arm,
\q1 And will bend its strength in front of his feet;
\q1 He will apply his heart to finish the glazing;
\q1 And he will be wakeful to make clean the furnace.
\b
\q1
\v 31 All these put their trust in their hands;
\q1 And each becomes wise in his own work.
\q1
\v 32 Without these shall not a city be inhabited,
\q1 And men shall not sojourn nor walk up and down \add therein. \add*
\q1
\v 33 \f + \fr 38:33 \ft This line is absent from the oldest MSS. \f* They shall not be sought for in the council of the people,
\q1 And in the assembly they shall not mount on high;
\q1 They shall not sit on the seat of the judge,
\q1 And they shall not understand the covenant of judgement:
\q1 Neither shall they declare instruction and judgement;
\q1 And where parables are they shall not be found.
\q1
\v 34 But they will maintain the fabric of the \f + \fr 38:34 \ft Gr. \fqa age. \f* world;
\q1 And in the handiwork of their craft is their prayer.
\b


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\q1
\v 1 \f + \fr 39:1 \ft Gr. \fqa Except him that. \f* Not so he that has applied his soul,
\q1 And meditates in the law of the Most High;
\q1 He will seek out the wisdom of all the ancients,
\q1 And will be occupied in prophecies.
\q1
\v 2 He will keep the discourse of the men of renown,
\q1 And will enter in amidst the subtleties of parables.
\q1
\v 3 He will seek out the hidden meaning of proverbs,
\q1 And be conversant in the dark sayings of parables.
\q1
\v 4 He will serve among great men,
\q1 And appear before him that rules:
\q1 He will travel through the land of strange nations;
\q1 For he has tried good things and evil among men.
\q1
\v 5 He will apply his heart to return early to the Lord that made him,
\q1 And will make supplication before the Most High,
\q1 And will open his mouth in prayer,
\q1 And will make supplication for his sins.
\b
\q1
\v 6 If the great Lord will,
\q1 He shall be filled with the spirit of understanding:
\q1 He shall pour forth the words of his wisdom,
\q1 And in prayer give thanks to the Lord.
\q1
\v 7 He shall direct his counsel and knowledge,
\q1 And in his secrets shall he meditate.
\q1
\v 8 He shall show forth the instruction which he has been taught,
\q1 And shall glory in the law of the covenant of the Lord.
\q1
\v 9 Many shall commend his understanding;
\q1 And so long as the world endures, it shall not be blotted out:
\q1 His memorial shall not depart,
\q1 And his name shall live from generation to generation.
\q1
\v 10 Nations shall declare his wisdom,
\q1 And the congregation shall tell out his praise.
\q1
\v 11 If he continue, he shall leave a greater name than a thousand:
\q1 And if he \f + \fr 39:11 \ft Gr. \fqa cease. \f* die, he adds thereto.
\b
\q1
\v 12 Yet more I will utter, which I have thought upon;
\q1 And I am filled as the moon at the full.
\q1
\v 13 Listen to me, you° holy children,
\q1 And bud forth as a rose growing by a brook of water:
\q1
\v 14 And give you° a sweet savor as frankincense,
\q1 And put forth flowers as a lily,
\q1 Spread abroad a sweet smell, and sing a song of praise;
\q1 Bless you° the Lord for all his works.
\q1
\v 15 Magnify his name,
\q1 And give utterance to his praise
\q1 With the songs of your lips, and with harps;
\q1 And thus shall you° say when you° utter \add his praise: \add*
\b
\q1
\v 16 All the works of the Lord are exceedingly good,
\q1 And every command shall be \add accomplished \add* in his season.
\q1
\v 17 None can say, What is this? wherefore is that?
\q1 For in his season they shall all be sought out.
\q1 At his word the waters stood as a heap,
\q1 And the receptacles of waters at the word of his mouth.
\q1
\v 18 At his command is all his good pleasure \add done; \add*
\q1 And there is none that shall hinder his salvation.
\q1
\v 19 The works of all flesh are before him;
\q1 And it is not possible to be hid from his eyes.
\q1
\v 20 He sees from everlasting to everlasting;
\q1 And there is nothing wonderful before him.
\q1
\v 21 None can say, What is this? wherefore is that?
\q1 For all things are created for their uses.
\b
\q1
\v 22 His blessing covered the dry land as a river,
\q1 And saturated it as a flood.
\q1
\v 23 As he has made the waters salty;
\q1 So shall the heathen inherit his wrath.
\q1
\v 24 His ways are plain to the holy;
\q1 So are they stumbling blocks to the wicked.
\q1
\v 25 Good things are created from the beginning for the good;
\q1 So are evil things for sinners.
\q1
\v 26 The chief of all things necessary for the life of man
\q1 Are water, and fire, and iron, and salt,
\q1 And flour of wheat, and honey, and milk,
\q1 The blood of the grape, and oil, and clothing.
\q1
\v 27 All these things are for good to the godly;
\q1 So to the sinners they shall be turned into evil.
\b
\q1
\v 28 There be winds that are created for vengeance,
\q1 And in their fury lay on their scourges heavily;
\q1 In the time of consummation they pour out their strength,
\q1 And shall appease the wrath of him that made them.
\q1
\v 29 Fire, and hail, and famine, and death,
\q1 All these are created for vengeance;
\q1
\v 30 Teeth of wild beasts, and scorpions and adders,
\q1 And a sword punishing the ungodly to destruction.
\q1
\v 31 They shall rejoice in his commandment,
\q1 And shall be made ready upon earth, when need is;
\q1 And in their seasons they shall not transgress \add his \add* word.
\b
\q1
\v 32 Therefore from the beginning I was resolved,
\q1 And I thought \add this, \add* and left it in writing;
\q1
\v 33 All the works of the Lord are good:
\q1 And he will supply every need in its season.
\q1
\v 34 And none can say, This is worse than that:
\q1 For they shall all be well approved in their season.
\q1
\v 35 And now with all your heart and mouth sing you° praises,
\q1 And bless the name of the Lord.
\b


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\q1
\v 1 My son, don’t deprive the poor of his living.
\q2 Don’t make the needy eyes wait long.
\q1
\v 2 Don’t make a hungry soul sorrowful,
\q2 or provoke a man in his distress.
\q1
\v 3 Don’t add more trouble to a heart that is provoked.
\q2 Don’t put off giving to him who is in need.
\q1
\v 4 Don’t reject a suppliant in his affliction.
\q2 Don’t turn your face away from a poor man.
\q1
\v 5 Don’t turn your eye away from one who asks.
\q2 Give no occasion to a man to curse you.
\q1
\v 6 For if he curses you in the bitterness of his soul,
\q2 he who made him will hear his supplication.
\b
\q1
\v 7 Endear yourself to the assembly.
\q2 Bow your head to a great man.
\q1
\v 8 Incline your ear to a poor man.
\q2 Answer him with peaceful words in humility.
\q1
\v 9 Deliver him who is wronged from the hand of him that wrongs him;
\q2 Don’t be faint-hearted in giving judgement.
\q1
\v 10 Be as a father to the fatherless,
\q2 and like a husband to their mother.
\q1 So you will be as a son of the Most High,
\q2 and he will love you more than your mother does.
\b
\q1
\v 11 Wisdom exalts her sons,
\q2 and takes hold of those who seek her.
\q1
\v 12 He who loves her loves life.
\q2 Those who seek to her early will be filled with gladness.
\q1
\v 13 He who holds her fast will inherit glory.
\q2 Where \f + \fr 4:13 \ft Or, \fqa she \f* he enters, the Lord will bless.
\q1
\v 14 Those who serve her minister to the Holy One.
\q2 The Lord loves those who love her.
\q1
\v 15 He who gives ear to her will judge the nations.
\q2 He who heeds her will dwell securely.
\q1
\v 16 If he trusts her, he will inherit her,
\q2 and his generations will possess her.
\q1
\v 17 For at the first she will walk with him in crooked ways,
\q2 and will bring fear and dread upon him,
\q2 and torment him with her discipline,
\q2 until she may trust his soul, and try him by her judgments.
\q1
\v 18 Then she will return him again to the straight way,
\q2 and will gladden him, and reveal to him her secrets.
\q1
\v 19 If he goes astray, she will forsake him,
\q2 and hand him over to his fall.
\b
\q1
\v 20 Observe the opportunity, and beware of evil.
\q2 Don’t be ashamed of your soul.
\q1
\v 21 For there is a shame that brings sin,
\q2 and there is a shame that is glory and grace.
\q1
\v 22 Don’t show partiality against your soul.
\q2 Don’t revere any man to your falling.
\q1
\v 23 Don’t refrain from speaking when it is for safety.
\q2 \f + \fr 4:23 \ft Some manuscripts omit this line. \f*Don’t hide your wisdom for the sake of seeming fair.
\q1
\v 24 For wisdom will be known by speech,
\q2 and instruction by the word of the tongue.
\q1
\v 25 Don’t speak against the truth
\q1 and be shamed for your ignorance.
\q1
\v 26 Don’t be ashamed to confess your sins.
\q2 Don’t fight the river’s current.
\q1
\v 27 Don’t lay yourself down for a fool to tread upon.
\q2 Don’t be partial to one that is mighty.
\q1
\v 28 Strive for the truth to death,
\q2 and the Lord God will fight for you.
\b
\q1
\v 29 Don’t be rough hasty with your tongue,
\q2 or slack and negligent in your deeds.
\q1
\v 30 Don’t be like a lion in your house,
\q2 or suspicious of your servants.
\q1
\v 31 Don’t let your hand be stretched out to receive,
\q2 and closed when you should repay.


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\q1
\v 1 Great travail is created for every man,
\q1 And a heavy yoke is upon the sons of Adam,
\q1 From the day of their coming forth from their mother’s womb,
\q1 Until the day for their burial in the mother of all things.
\q1
\v 2 The expectation of things to come, and the day of death,
\q1 \f + \fr 40:2 \ft The Greek text of this line is probably corrupt. \f* \add Trouble \add* their thoughts, and \add cause \add* fear of heart;
\q1
\v 3 From him that sits on a throne of glory,
\q1 Even to him that is humbled in earth and ashes;
\q1
\v 4 From him that wears purple and a crown,
\q1 Even to him that is clothed with a hempen frock.
\q1
\v 5 \add There is \add* wrath, and jealousy, and trouble, and disquiet,
\q1 And fear of death, and anger, and strife;
\q1 And in the time of rest upon his bed
\q1 His night sleep does change his knowledge.
\q1
\v 6 A little or nothing is his resting,
\q1 And afterward in his sleep, as in a day of keeping watch,
\q1 He is troubled in the vision of his heart,
\q1 As one that has escaped from the front of battle.
\q1
\v 7 In the very time of his deliverance he awakens,
\q1 And marvels that the fear is nothing.
\b
\q1
\v 8 \add It is thus \add* with all flesh, from man to beast,
\q1 And upon sinners sevenfold more.
\q1
\v 9 Death, and bloodshed, and strife, and sword,
\q1 Calamities, famine, suffering, and the scourge;
\q1
\v 10 All these things were created for the wicked,
\q1 And because of them came the flood.
\q1
\v 11 All things that are of the earth turn to the earth again:
\q1 And \add all things that are \add* of the waters return into the sea.
\b
\q1
\v 12 All bribery and injustice shall be blotted out;
\q1 And good faith shall stand forever.
\q1
\v 13 The goods of the unjust shall be dried up like a river,
\q1 And like a great thunder in rain shall go off in noise.
\q1
\v 14 In opening his hands \add a man \add* shall be made glad:
\q1 So shall transgressors utterly fail.
\q1
\v 15 The children of the ungodly shall not put forth many branches;
\q1 And \add are as \add* unclean roots upon a sheer rock.
\q1
\v 16 The sedge \add that grows \add* upon every water and bank of a river
\q1 Shall be plucked up before all grass.
\q1
\v 17 Bounty is as a garden \f + \fr 40:17 \ft Gr. \fqa in. \f* of blessings,
\q1 And almsgiving endures forever.
\b
\q1
\v 18 The life of one that labors, and is content, shall be made sweet;
\q1 And he that finds a treasure is above both.
\q1
\v 19 Children and the building of a city establish a \add man’s \add* name;
\q1 And a blameless wife is counted above both.
\q1
\v 20 Wine and music rejoice the heart;
\q1 And the love of wisdom is above both.
\q1
\v 21 The pipe and the lute make pleasant melody;
\q1 And a pleasant tongue is above both.
\q1
\v 22 Your eye shall desire grace and beauty;
\q1 And above both the green blade of corn.
\q1
\v 23 A friend and a companion never meet amiss;
\q1 And a wife with her husband is above both.
\q1
\v 24 Brethren and help are for a time of affliction;
\q1 And almsgiving is a deliverer above both.
\q1
\v 25 Gold and silver will make the foot stand sure;
\q1 And counsel is esteemed above them both.
\q1
\v 26 Riches and strength will lift up the heart;
\q1 And the fear of the Lord is above both:
\q1 There is nothing lacking in the fear of the Lord,
\q1 And there is no need to seek help therein.
\q1
\v 27 The fear of the Lord is as a garden of blessing,
\q1 And covers \f + \fr 40:27 \ft Gr. \fqa him. \f* a man above all glory.
\b
\q1
\v 28 My son, lead not a beggar’s life;
\q1 Better it is to die than to beg.
\q1
\v 29 A man that looks to the table of another,
\q1 His life is not to be counted for a life;
\q1 He will pollute his soul with another man’s meats:
\q1 But a man wise and well-instructed will beware thereof.
\q1
\v 30 In the mouth of the shameless begging will be sweet;
\q1 And in his belly a fire shall be kindled.
\b


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\q1
\v 1 O death, how bitter is the remembrance of you to a man that is at peace in his possessions,
\q1 To the man that has nothing to distract him, and has prosperity in all things,
\q1 And that still has strength to receive meat!
\q1
\v 2 O death, acceptable is your sentence to a man that is needy, and that fails in strength,
\q1 That is in extreme old age, and is distracted about all things,
\q1 And is perverse, and has lost patience!
\q1
\v 3 Don’t be afraid of the sentence of death;
\q1 Remember those who have been before you, and that come after:
\q1 This is the sentence from the Lord over all flesh.
\q1
\v 4 And why do you refuse, when it is the good pleasure of the Most High?
\q1 Whether it be ten, or a hundred, or a thousand years,
\q1 There is no inquisition of life in \f + \fr 41:4 \ft Gr. \fqa hades \f* the grave.
\b
\q1
\v 5 The children of sinners are abominable children,
\q1 And they frequent the dwellings of the ungodly.
\q1
\v 6 The inheritance of sinners’ children shall perish,
\q1 And with their posterity shall be a perpetual reproach.
\q1
\v 7 Children will complain of an ungodly father,
\q1 Because they shall be reproached for his sake.
\q1
\v 8 Woe to you, ungodly men,
\q1 Which have forsaken the law of the Most High God! \f + \fr 41:8 \ft The remainder of this verse is omitted by the best authorities. \f*
\q1
\v 9 If you° be born, you° shall be born to a curse;
\q1 If you° die, a curse shall be your portion.
\q1
\v 10 All things that are of the earth shall go back to the earth:
\q1 So the ungodly shall go from a curse to perdition.
\q1
\v 11 The mourning of men is about their bodies:
\q1 But the name of sinners being evil shall be blotted out.
\q1
\v 12 Have regard to your name;
\q1 For it continues with you longer than a thousand great treasures of gold.
\q1
\v 13 A good life has its number of days;
\q1 And a good name continues forever.
\b
\q1
\v 14 My children, keep instruction in peace:
\q1 But wisdom that is hid, and a treasure that is not seen,
\q1 What profit is in them both?
\q1
\v 15 Better is a man that hides his foolishness
\q1 Than a man that hides his wisdom.
\q1
\v 16 Wherefore show reverence to my word:
\q1 For it is not good to retain every kind of shame;
\q1 And not all things are approved by all in good faith.
\b
\q1
\v 17 Be ashamed of whoredom before father and mother:
\q1 And of a lie before a prince and a mighty man;
\q1
\v 18 Of an offence before a judge and ruler;
\q1 Of iniquity before the congregation and the people;
\q1 Of unjust dealing before a partner and friend;
\q1
\v 19 And of theft in regard of the place where you sojourn,
\q1 And in regard of the truth of God and his covenant;
\q1 And of leaning with your elbow at meat;
\q1 And of scurrility in the matter of giving and taking;
\q1
\v 20 And of silence before those who salute you;
\q1 And of looking upon a woman that is a prostitute;
\q1
\v 21 And of turning away \f + \fr 41:21 \ft Or, \fqa the face of a kinsman \f* your face from a kinsman;
\q1 Of taking away a portion or a gift;
\q1 And of gazing upon a woman that has a husband;
\q1
\v 22 Of being over busy with his maid; and come not near her bed;
\q1 Of upbraiding speeches before friends;
\q1 And after you have given, upbraid not;
\q1
\v 23 Of repeating and speaking what you have heard;
\q1 And of revealing of secrets.
\q1
\v 24 So shall you be truly shamefast,
\q1 And find favor in the sight of every man.
\b


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\q1
\v 1 Of these things be not ashamed,
\q1 And accept no man’s person to sin \add by it: \add*
\q1
\v 2 Of the law of the Most High, and his covenant;
\q1 And of judgement to do justice to the ungodly;
\q1
\v 3 Of reckoning with a partner and with travellers;
\q1 And of a gift from the heritage of friends;
\q1
\v 4 Of exactness of balance and weights;
\q1 And of getting much or little;
\q1
\v 5 Of indifferent selling of merchants;
\q1 And of much correction of children;
\q1 And of making the side of an evil servant to bleed.
\q1
\v 6 \f + \fr 42:6 \ft Or, \fqa A seal \f* Sure keeping is good, where an evil wife is;
\q1 And where many hands are, shut you close.
\q1
\v 7 Whatsoever you handest over, let it be by number and weight;
\q1 And in giving and receiving let all be in writing.
\q1
\v 8 \add Be not ashamed \add* to instruct the unwise and foolish,
\q1 And one of extreme old age that contends with those that are young;
\q1 And so shall you be well instructed indeed,
\q1 And approved in the sight of every man living.
\b
\q1
\v 9 A daughter is a secret cause of wakefulness to a father;
\q1 And the care for her puts away sleep;
\q1 In her youth, lest she pass the flower of her age;
\q1 And when she is married, lest she should be hated:
\q1
\v 10 In her virginity, lest she should be defiled
\q1 And be with child in her father’s house;
\q1 And when she has a husband, lest she should transgress;
\q1 And when she is married, lest she should be barren.
\q1
\v 11 Keep a strict watch over a headstrong daughter,
\q1 Lest she make you \f + \fr 42:11 \ft Or, \fqa a rejoicing \f* a laughing stock to your enemies,
\q1 A byword in the city and \f + \fr 42:11 \ft Gr. \fqa called forth. \f* notorious among the people,
\q1 And shame you before the multitude.
\b
\q1
\v 12 Look not upon every body in regard of beauty,
\q1 And sit not in the midst of women;
\q1
\v 13 For from garments comes a moth,
\q1 And from a woman a woman’s wickedness.
\q1
\v 14 Better is the wickedness of a man than a pleasant-dealing woman,
\q1 And a woman which puts you to shameful reproach.
\b
\q1
\v 15 I will make mention now of the works of the Lord,
\q1 And will declare the things that I have seen:
\q1 In the words of the Lord are his works.
\q1
\v 16 The sun that gives light looks upon all things;
\q1 And the work of the Lord is full of his glory.
\q1
\v 17 The Lord has not given power to the saints to declare all his marvelous works;
\q1 Which the Almighty Lord firmly settled,
\q1 That whatever is might be established in his glory.
\q1
\v 18 He searches out the deep, and the heart,
\q1 And he has understanding of their cunning plans:
\q1 For the Most High knows all knowledge,
\q1 And he looks into the \f + \fr 42:18 \ft Gr. \fqa sign. \f* signs of the world,
\q1
\v 19 Declaring the things that are past, and the things that shall be,
\q1 And revealing the traces of hidden things.
\q1
\v 20 No thought escapes him;
\q1 There is not a word hid from him.
\q1
\v 21 The mighty works of his wisdom he has ordered,
\q1 Who is from everlasting to everlasting:
\q1 Nothing has been added to them, nor diminished from them;
\q1 And he had no need of any counselor.
\q1
\v 22 How desirable are all his works!
\q1 One may behold \add this \add* even to a spark.
\q1
\v 23 All these things live and remain forever in all manner of uses,
\q1 And they are all obedient.
\q1
\v 24 All things are double one against another:
\q1 And he has made nothing imperfect.
\q1
\v 25 One thing establishes the good things of another:
\q1 And who shall be filled with beholding his glory?
\b


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\q1
\v 1 The pride of the height is the firmament \f + \fr 43:1 \ft Gr. \fqa of clearness. \f* in its clearness,
\q1 The appearance of heaven, in the spectacle of its glory.
\q1
\v 2 The sun when he appears, bringing tidings as he goes forth,
\q1 Is a marvelous instrument, the work of the Most High:
\q1
\v 3 At his noon he dries up the country,
\q1 And who shall stand against his burning heat?
\q1
\v 4 A man blowing a furnace is in works of heat,
\q1 \add But \add* the sun three times more, burning up the mountains:
\q1 Breathing out fiery vapours,
\q1 And sending forth bright beams, he dims the eyes.
\q1
\v 5 Great is the Lord that made him;
\q1 And at his word he hastens his course.
\b
\q1
\v 6 The moon also is in all things for her season,
\q1 For a declaration of times, and a sign of the world.
\q1
\v 7 From the moon is the sign of the feast day;
\q1 A light that wanes when she is come to the full.
\q1
\v 8 The month is called after her name,
\q1 Increasing wonderfully in her changing;
\q1 An instrument of the army on high,
\q1 Shining forth in the firmament of heaven;
\q1
\v 9 The beauty of heaven, the glory of the stars,
\q1 An ornament giving light in the highest places of the Lord.
\q1
\v 10 At the word of the Holy One they will stand in \f + \fr 43:10 \ft Gr. \fqa judgement. \f* due order,
\q1 And they will not faint in their watches.
\q1
\v 11 Look upon the rainbow, and praise him that made it;
\q1 Exceeding beautiful in the brightness thereof.
\q1
\v 12 It encircles the heaven round about with a circle of glory;
\q1 The hands of the Most High have stretched it.
\b
\q1
\v 13 By his commandment he makes the snow to fall apace,
\q1 And sends swiftly the lightnings of his judgement.
\q1
\v 14 By reason thereof the treasure-houses are opened;
\q1 And clouds fly forth as fowls.
\q1
\v 15 By his mighty power he makes strong the clouds,
\q1 And the hailstones are broken small:
\q1
\v 16 And at his appearing the mountains will be shaken,
\q1 And at his will the south wind will blow.
\q1
\v 17 The voice of his thunder makes the earth to travail;
\q1 So does the northern storm and the whirlwind:
\q1 As birds flying down he sprinkles the snow;
\q1 And as the lighting of the locust is the falling down thereof:
\q1
\v 18 The eye will marvel at the beauty of its whiteness,
\q1 And the heart will be astonished at the raining of it.
\q1
\v 19 The hoar frost also he pours on the earth as salt;
\q1 And when it is congealed, it is \add as \add* points of thorns.
\b
\q1
\v 20 The cold north wind shall blow,
\q1 And the ice shall be congealed on the water:
\q1 It shall lodge upon every gathering together of water,
\q1 And the water shall put on as it were a breastplate.
\q1
\v 21 It shall devour the mountains, and burn up the wilderness,
\q1 And consume the green herb as fire.
\q1
\v 22 A mist coming speedily is the healing of all things;
\q1 A dew coming after heat shall bring cheerfulness.
\q1
\v 23 By his counsel he has stilled the deep,
\q1 And \f + \fr 43:23 \ft The most ancient authorities read \fqa Jesus planted it. \f* planted islands therein.
\q1
\v 24 They that sail on the sea tell of the danger thereof;
\q1 And when we hear it with our ears, we marvel.
\q1
\v 25 Therein be also those strange and wondrous works,
\q1 Variety of all that has life, the \f + \fr 43:25 \ft Gr. \fqa creation. \ft Several ancient authorities read \fqa possession of cattle. \f* race of sea-monsters.
\q1
\v 26 By reason of him his end has success,
\q1 And by his word all things consist.
\b
\q1
\v 27 We may say many things, yet shall we not attain;
\q1 And the sum of our words is, He is all.
\q1
\v 28 How shall we have strength to glorify him?
\q1 For he is himself the great one above all his works.
\q1
\v 29 The Lord is terrible and exceedingly great;
\q1 And marvelous is his power.
\q1
\v 30 When you° glorify the Lord, exalt him as much as you° can;
\q1 For even yet he will exceed:
\q1 And when you° exalt him, put forth your full strength:
\q1 Be not weary; for you° will never attain.
\q1
\v 31 Who has seen him, that he may declare him?
\q1 And who shall magnify him as he is?
\q1
\v 32 Many things are hidden greater than these;
\q1 For we have seen but a few of his works.
\q1
\v 33 For the Lord made all things;
\q1 And to the godly gave he wisdom.
\b


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\q1
\v 1 Let us now praise famous men,
\q1 And our fathers that became the father of us.
\q1
\v 2 The Lord \f + \fr 44:2 \ft Gr. \fqa created. \f* manifested \add in them \add* great glory,
\q1 \add Even \add* his mighty power from the beginning.
\q1
\v 3 Such as did bear rule in their kingdoms,
\q1 And were men renowned for their power,
\q1 \f + \fr 44:3 \ft Most authorities read \fqa They shall take counsel. \f* Giving counsel by their understanding,
\q1 Such as have brought tidings in prophecies:
\q1
\v 4 Leaders of the people by their counsels,
\q1 And by their understanding \f + \fr 44:4 \ft The Greek text is here corrupt. \f* \add men of \add* learning for the people;
\q1 Wise \add were \add* their words in their instruction:
\q1
\v 5 Such as sought out musical tunes,
\q1 And set forth verses in writing:
\q1
\v 6 Rich men furnished with ability,
\q1 Living peaceably in their habitations:
\q1
\v 7 All these were honored in their generations,
\q1 And were a glory in their days.
\q1
\v 8 There be of them, that have left a name behind them,
\q1 To declare their praises.
\q1
\v 9 And some there be, which have no memorial;
\q1 Who are perished as though they had not been,
\q1 And are become as though they had not been born;
\q1 And their children after them.
\q1
\v 10 But these were men of mercy,
\q1 Whose righteous deeds have not been forgotten.
\q1
\v 11 With their seed shall remain continually a good inheritance;
\q1 Their children \add are \add* \f + \fr 44:11 \ft Or, \fqa In their testaments \f* within the covenants.
\q1
\v 12 Their seed stands fast,
\q1 And their children for their sakes.
\q1
\v 13 Their seed shall remain forever,
\q1 And their glory shall not be blotted out.
\q1
\v 14 Their bodies were buried in peace,
\q1 And their name lives to all generations.
\q1
\v 15 Peoples will declare their wisdom,
\q1 And the congregation tells out their praise.
\b
\q1
\v 16 Enoch pleased the Lord, and was translated,
\q1 \add Being \add* an example of repentance to all generations.
\q1
\v 17 Noah was found perfect \add and \add* righteous;
\q1 In the season of wrath he was taken in exchange \add for the world; \add*
\q1 Therefore was there left a remnant to the earth,
\q1 When the flood came.
\q1
\v 18 Everlasting covenants were made with him,
\q1 That all flesh should no more be blotted out by a flood.
\b
\q1
\v 19 Abraham was a great father of a multitude of nations;
\q1 And there was none found like him in glory;
\q1
\v 20 Who kept the law of the Most High,
\q1 And was taken into covenant with him:
\q1 In his flesh he established the covenant;
\q1 And when he was proved, he was found faithful.
\b
\q1
\v 21 Therefore he assured him by an oath,
\q1 That the nations should be blessed in his seed;
\q1 That he would multiply him as the dust of the earth,
\q1 And exalt his seed as the stars,
\q1 And cause them to inherit from sea to sea,
\q1 And from the River to the utmost part of the earth.
\q1
\v 22 In Isaac also did he establish likewise, for Abraham his father’s sake,
\q1 The blessing of all men, and the covenant:
\q1
\v 23 And he made it rest upon the head of Jacob;
\q1 He acknowledged him in his blessings,
\q1 And gave to him by inheritance,
\q1 And divided his portions;
\q1 Among twelve tribes did he part them.
\b


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\q1
\v 1 And he brought out of him a man of mercy,
\q1 Which found favor in the sight of all flesh;
\q1 A man beloved of God and men, even Moses,
\q1 Whose memorial is blessed.
\q1
\v 2 He made him like to the glory of the saints,
\q1 And magnified him in the fears of his enemies.
\q1
\v 3 By his words he caused the wonders to cease;
\q1 He glorified him in the sight of kings;
\q1 He gave him commandment for his people,
\q1 And showed him part of his glory.
\q1
\v 4 He sanctified him in his faithfulness and meekness;
\q1 He chose him out of all flesh.
\q1
\v 5 He made him to hear his voice,
\q1 And led him into the thick darkness,
\q1 And gave him commandments face to face,
\q1 Even the law of life and knowledge,
\q1 That he might teach Jacob the covenant,
\q1 And Israel his judgments.
\b
\q1
\v 6 He exalted Aaron, a holy man like to him,
\q1 Even his brother, of the tribe of Levi.
\q1
\v 7 He established for him an everlasting covenant,
\q1 And gave him the priesthood of the people;
\q1 He \f + \fr 45:7 \ft Gr. \fqa blessed. \f* beautified him with comely ornaments,
\q1 And girded him about with a robe of glory.
\q1
\v 8 He clothed him with the perfection of exultation;
\q1 And strengthened him with apparel of \f + \fr 45:8 \ft Gr. \fqa strength. \f* honor,
\q1 The linen trousers, the long robe, and the ephod.
\q1
\v 9 And he compassed him with pomegranates of gold,
\q1 \add And \add* with many bells round about,
\q1 To send forth a sound as he went,
\q1 To make a sound that might be heard in the temple,
\q1 For a memorial to the children of his people;
\q1
\v 10 With a holy garment, with gold and blue and purple, the work of the embroiderer,
\q1 With an oracle of judgement, \add even \add* with the Urim and Thummim;
\q1
\v 11 With twisted scarlet, the work of the craftsman;
\q1 With precious stones graven like a signet, in a setting of gold, the work of the jeweller,
\q1 For a memorial engraved in writing, after the number of the tribes of Israel;
\q1
\v 12 With a crown of gold upon the mitre, \f + \fr 45:12 \ft Gr. \fqa an engraving of a signet of holiness. \f* having graven on it, as on a signet, HOLINESS,
\q1 An ornament of honor, a work of might,
\q1 The desires of the eyes, goodly and beautiful.
\q1
\v 13 Before him there never have been any such;
\q1 No stranger put them on, but his sons only, and his offspring perpertually.
\q1
\v 14 His sacrifices shall be wholly consumed
\q1 Every day twice continually.
\q1
\v 15 Moses \f + \fr 45:15 \ft Gr. \fqa filled his hands. \f* consecrated him,
\q1 And anointed him with holy oil:
\q1 It was to him for an everlasting covenant,
\q1 And to his seed, all the days of heaven,
\q1 To minister to him, and to execute also the priest’s office,
\q1 And bless his people in his name.
\q1
\v 16 He chose him out of all living
\q1 To offer sacrifice to the Lord,
\q1 Incense, and a sweet savor, for a memorial,
\q1 To make reconciliation for your people.
\q1
\v 17 He gave to him in his commandments,
\q1 \add Yes, \add* authority in the covenants of judgments,
\q1 To teach Jacob the testimonies,
\q1 And to enlighten Israel in his law.
\q1
\v 18 Strangers gathered themselves together against him,
\q1 And envied him in the wilderness,
\q1 \add Even \add* Dathan and Abiram with their company,
\q1 And the congregation of Korah, with wrath and anger.
\q1
\v 19 The Lord saw it, and it displeased him;
\q1 And in the wrath of his anger they were destroyed:
\q1 He did wonders upon them,
\q1 To consume them with flaming fire.
\q1
\v 20 And he added glory to Aaron,
\q1 And gave him a heritage:
\q1 He divided to him the first fruits of the increase;
\q1 \add And \add* first did he prepare bread in abundance:
\q1
\v 21 For they shall eat the sacrifices of the Lord,
\q1 Which he gave to him and to his seed.
\q1
\v 22 However in the land of the people he shall have no inheritance,
\q1 And he has no portion among the people:
\q1 For he himself is your portion \add and \add* inheritance.
\b
\q1
\v 23 And Phinehas the son of Eleazar is the third in glory,
\q1 In that he was zealous in the fear of the Lord,
\q1 And stood fast in the good forwardness of his soul when the people turned away,
\q1 And he made reconciliation for Israel.
\q1
\v 24 Therefore was there a covenant of peace established for him,
\q1 \add That he should be \add* leader of the \f + \fr 45:24 \ft Or, \fqa sanctuary \f* saints and of his people;
\q1 That he and his seed
\q1 Should have the dignity of the priesthood forever.
\q1
\v 25 Also \add he made \add* a covenant with David the son of Jesse, of the tribe of Judah;
\q1 The inheritance of the king is his alone from son to son;
\q1 So the inheritance of Aaron is also to his seed.
\q1
\v 26 \add God \add* give you wisdom in your heart
\q1 To judge his people in righteousness,
\q1 That their good things be not abolished,
\q1 And \add that \add* their glory \add endure \add* for all their generations.
\b


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\q1
\v 1 Joshua the son of \f + \fr 46:1 \ft Gr. \fqa Nave. \f* Nun was valiant in war,
\q1 And was the successor of Moses in prophecies:
\q1 Who according to his name was made great
\q1 For the saving of \f + \fr 46:1 \ft Gr. \fqa his. \f* God’s elect,
\q1 To take vengeance of the enemies that rose up against them,
\q1 That he might give Israel their inheritance.
\q1
\v 2 How was he glorified in the lifting up his hands,
\q1 And in stretching out his sword against the cities!
\q1
\v 3 Who before him so stood fast?
\q1 For the Lord himself brought his enemies to him.
\q1
\v 4 Did not the sun go back by his hand?
\q1 And didn’t one day become as two?
\q1
\v 5 He called upon the Most High \add and \add* Mighty One,
\q1 When his foes pressed him round about;
\q1 And the great Lord heard him.
\q1
\v 6 With hailstones of mighty power
\q1 He caused war to break violently upon the nation,
\q1 And \f + \fr 46:6 \ft See Joshua 10:11 \f* in the going down he destroyed those who resisted;
\q1 That the nations might know his \f + \fr 46:6 \ft Gr. \fqa panoply. \f* armor,
\q1 How that he fought in the sight of the Lord;
\q1 For he followed after the Mighty One.
\q1
\v 7 Also in the time of Moses he did a work of mercy,
\q1 He and Caleb the son of Jephunneh,
\q1 In that they withstood the adversary,
\q1 Hindered the people from sin,
\q1 And stilled the murmuring of wickedness.
\q1
\v 8 And of six hundred thousand people on foot, they two alone were preserved
\q1 To bring them into the heritage,
\q1 Even into a land flowing with milk and honey.
\q1
\v 9 Also the Lord gave strength to Caleb,
\q1 And it remained with him to his old age;
\q1 So that he entered upon the height of the land,
\q1 And his seed obtained it for a heritage:
\q1
\v 10 That all the children of Israel might see
\q1 That it is good to walk after the Lord.
\b
\q1
\v 11 Also the judges, every one by his name,
\q1 All whose hearts went not a whoring,
\q1 And who turned not away from the Lord,
\q1 May their memorial be blessed.
\q1
\v 12 May their bones flourish again out of their place,
\q1 And may the name of those who have been honored be renewed upon their children.
\b
\q1
\v 13 Samuel, the prophet of the Lord, beloved of his Lord,
\q1 Established a kingdom, and anointed princes over his people.
\q1
\v 14 By the law of the Lord he judged the congregation,
\q1 And the Lord visited Jacob.
\q1
\v 15 By his faithfulness he was proved to be a prophet,
\q1 And by his words he was known to be faithful in vision.
\q1
\v 16 Also when his enemies pressed him round about
\q1 He called upon the Lord, the Mighty One,
\q1 With the offering of the sucking lamb.
\q1
\v 17 And the Lord thundered from heaven,
\q1 And with a mighty sound made his voice to be heard.
\q1
\v 18 And he utterly destroyed the rulers of the Tyrians,
\q1 And all the princes of the Philistines.
\q1
\v 19 Also before the time of his \f + \fr 46:19 \ft Gr. \fqa age-long sleep. \f* long sleep
\q1 He made protestations in the sight of the lord and \add his \add* anointed,
\q1 I have not taken any man’s goods, so much as a sandal:
\q1 And no man did accuse him.
\q1
\v 20 And after he fell asleep he prophesied,
\q1 And showed the king his end,
\q1 And lifted up his voice from the earth in prophecy,
\q1 To blot out the wickedness of the people.
\b


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\q1
\v 1 And after him rose up Nathan
\q1 To prophesy in the days of David.
\q1
\v 2 As is the fat when it is separated from the peace offering,
\q1 So was David \add separated \add* from the children of Israel.
\q1
\v 3 He played with lions as with kids,
\q1 And with bears as with lambs of the flock.
\q1
\v 4 In his youth did he not kill a giant,
\q1 And take away reproach from the people,
\q1 When he lifted up his hand with a sling stone,
\q1 And beat down the boasting of Goliath?
\q1
\v 5 For he called upon the Most High Lord;
\q1 And he gave him strength in his right hand,
\q1 To kill a man mighty in war,
\q1 To exalt the horn of his people.
\q1
\v 6 So they glorified him for \add his \add* ten thousands,
\q1 And praised him for the blessings of the Lord,
\q1 In that there was given him a diadem of glory.
\q1
\v 7 For he destroyed the enemies on every side,
\q1 And brought to nothing the Philistines his adversaries,
\q1 Brake their horn in pieces to this day.
\q1
\v 8 In every work of his he gave thanks to the Holy One Most High with words of glory;
\q1 With his whole heart he sang praise,
\q1 And loved him that made him.
\q1
\v 9 Also he set singers before the altar,
\q1 And to make sweet melody by their music. \f + \fr 47:9 \ft The remainder of this verse is omitted by the best authorities. \f*
\q1
\v 10 He gave beauty to the feasts,
\q1 And set in order the seasons to perfection,
\q1 While they praised his holy name,
\q1 And the sanctuary sounded from early morning.
\q1
\v 11 The Lord took away his sins,
\q1 And exalted his horn forever;
\q1 And gave him a covenant of kings,
\q1 And a throne of glory in Israel.
\q1
\v 12 After him rose up a son, a man of understanding;
\q1 And for his sake he lived at large.
\q1
\v 13 Solomon reigned in days of peace;
\q1 And to him God gave rest round about,
\q1 That he might set up a house for his name,
\q1 And prepare a sanctuary forever.
\q1
\v 14 How wise was you made in your youth,
\q1 And filled as a river with understanding!
\q1
\v 15 Your soul covered the earth,
\q1 And you filled it with \f + \fr 47:15 \ft Gr. \fqa parables of riddles. \f* dark parables.
\q1
\v 16 Your name reached to the aisles afar off;
\q1 And for your peace you were beloved.
\q1
\v 17 For your songs and proverbs and parables,
\q1 And for your interpretations, the countries marveled at you.
\q1
\v 18 By the name of the Lord God,
\q1 Which is called the God of Israel,
\q1 You did gather gold as tin,
\q1 And did multiply silver as lead.
\q1
\v 19 You did bow your loins to women,
\q1 And in your body you were brought into subjection.
\q1
\v 20 You did blemish your honor,
\q1 And profane your seed,
\q1 To bring wrath upon your children;
\q1 And I was grieved for your folly:
\q1
\v 21 So that the sovereignty was divided,
\q1 And out of Ephraim ruled a disobedient kingdom.
\q1
\v 22 But the Lord will never forsake his mercy;
\q1 And he will not destroy any of his works,
\q1 Nor blot out the posterity of his elect;
\q1 And the seed of him that loved him he will not take away;
\q1 And he gave a remnant to Jacob,
\q1 And to David a root out of him.
\b
\q1
\v 23 And \add so \add* rested Solomon with his fathers;
\q1 And of his seed he left behind him Rehoboam,
\q1 \add Even \add* the foolishness of the people, and one that lacked understanding,
\q1 Who made the people to revolt by his counsel.
\q1 Also Jeroboam the son of Nebat,
\q1 Who made Israel to sin,
\q1 And gave to Ephraim a way of sin.
\q1
\v 24 And their sins were multiplied exceedingly,
\q1 To remove them from their land.
\q1
\v 25 For they sought out all manner of wickedness,
\q1 Till vengeance should come upon them.
\b


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\c 48
\q1
\v 1 Also there arose Elijah the prophet as fire,
\q1 And his word burned like a torch:
\q1
\v 2 Who brought a famine upon them,
\q1 And by his zeal made them few in number.
\q1
\v 3 By the word of the Lord he shut up the heaven:
\q1 Thrice did he thus bring down fire.
\q1
\v 4 How was you glorified, O Elijah, in your wondrous deeds!
\q1 And who shall glory like to you?
\q1
\v 5 Who did raise up a dead man from death,
\q1 And from \f + \fr 48:5 \ft Gr. \fqa Hades. \f* the place of the dead, by the word of the Most High:
\q1
\v 6 Who brought down kings to destruction,
\q1 And honorable men from their bed:
\q1
\v 7 Who heard rebuke in Sinai,
\q1 And judgments of vengeance in Horeb:
\q1
\v 8 Who anointed kings for retribution,
\q1 And prophets to succeed after him:
\q1
\v 9 Who was taken up in a tempest of fire,
\q1 In a chariot of fiery horses:
\q1
\v 10 Who was recorded for reproofs in their seasons,
\q1 To pacify anger, before it brake forth into wrath;
\q1 To turn the heart of the father to the son,
\q1 And to restore the tribes of Jacob.
\q1
\v 11 Blessed are those who saw you,
\q1 And those who have been beautified with love;
\q1 For we also shall surely live.
\b
\q1
\v 12 Elijah \add it was, \add* who was wrapped in a tempest:
\q1 And Elisha was filled with his spirit;
\q1 And in \add all \add* his days he was not moved by \add the fear of \add* any ruler,
\q1 And no one brought him into subjection.
\q1
\v 13 \f + \fr 48:13 \ft Or, \fqa No man’s word overcame him \f* Nothing was too high for him;
\q1 And when he was laid on sleep his body prophesied.
\q1
\v 14 As in his life he did wonders,
\q1 So in death were his works marvelous.
\q1
\v 15 For all this the people repented not,
\q1 And they departed not from their sins,
\q1 Till they were carried away as a plunder from their land,
\q1 And were scattered through all the earth;
\q1 And the people was left very few in number,
\q1 And a ruler \add was left \add* in the house of David.
\q1
\v 16 Some of them did that which was pleasing \add to God, \add*
\q1 And some multiplied sins.
\b
\q1
\v 17 Hezekiah fortified his city,
\q1 And brought in \f + \fr 48:17 \ft Some ancient authorities, apparently by a confusion, read \fqa Gog. \f* water into the midst of them:
\q1 He digged the sheer rock with iron,
\q1 And built up wells for waters.
\q1
\v 18 In his days Sennacherib came up,
\q1 And sent Rabshakeh, and departed;
\q1 And he lifted up his hand against Sion,
\q1 And boasted great things in his arrogance.
\q1
\v 19 Then were their hearts and their hands shaken,
\q1 And they were in pain, as women in travail;
\q1
\v 20 And they called upon the Lord which is merciful,
\q1 Spreading forth their hands to him:
\q1 And the Holy One heard them speedily out of Heaven,
\q1 And delivered them by the hand of Isaiah.
\q1
\v 21 He struck the camp of the Assyrians,
\q1 And his angel utterly destroyed them.
\q1
\v 22 For Hezekiah did that which was pleasing to the Lord,
\q1 And was strong in the ways of David his father,
\q1 Which Isaiah the prophet commanded,
\q1 Who was great and faithful in his vision.
\q1
\v 23 In his days the sun went backward;
\q1 And he added life to the king.
\q1
\v 24 He saw by an excellent spirit what should come to pass at the last;
\q1 And he comforted those who mourned in Sion.
\q1
\v 25 He showed the things that should be to the end of time,
\q1 And the hidden things or ever they came.
\b


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\q1
\v 1 The memorial of Josiah is like the composition of incense
\q1 Prepared by the work of the apothecary:
\q1 It shall be sweet as honey in every mouth,
\q1 And as music at a banquet of wine.
\q1
\v 2 He behaved himself uprightly in the conversion of the people,
\q1 And took away the abominations of iniquity.
\q1
\v 3 He set his heart right toward the Lord;
\q1 In the days of wicked men he made godliness to prevail.
\b
\q1
\v 4 Except David and Hezekiah and Josiah,
\q1 All committed trespass:
\q1 For they forsook the law of the Most High;
\q1 The kings of Judah failed.
\q1
\v 5 For they gave their \f + \fr 49:5 \ft Gr. \fqa horn. \f* power to others,
\q1 And their glory to a strange nation.
\q1
\v 6 They set on fire the chosen city of the sanctuary,
\q1 And made her streets desolate, \add as it was written \add* by the hand of Jeremiah.
\q1
\v 7 For they entreated him evil;
\q1 And yet he was sanctified in the womb to be a prophet,
\q1 To root out, and to afflict, and to destroy;
\q1 \add And \add* in like manner to build and to plant.
\q1
\v 8 \add It was \add* Ezekiel who saw the vision of glory,
\q1 Which \add God \add* showed him upon the chariot of the cherubim.
\q1
\v 9 For truly he remembered the enemies in \f + \fr 49:9 \ft Gr. \fqa rain. \f* storm,
\q1 And to do good to those who directed their ways aright.
\q1
\v 10 Also of the twelve prophets \f + \fr 49:10 \ft The remainder of this line is omitted by the best authorities. \f*
\q1 May the bones flourish again out of their place.
\q1 And he comforted Jacob,
\q1 And delivered them by confidence of hope.
\b
\q1
\v 11 How shall we magnify Zerubbabel?
\q1 And he was as a signet on the right hand:
\q1
\v 12 So was Jesus the son of Josedek:
\q1 Who in their days built the house,
\q1 And exalted a \f + \fr 49:12 \ft Some ancient authorities read \fqa temple. \f* people holy to the Lord,
\q1 Prepared for everlasting glory.
\q1
\v 13 Also of Nehemiah the memorial is great;
\q1 Who raised up for us the walls that were fallen,
\q1 And set up the gates and bars,
\q1 And raised up our homes again.
\b
\q1
\v 14 No man was created upon the earth such as was Enoch;
\q1 For he was taken up from the earth.
\q1
\v 15 Neither was there a man born like to Joseph,
\q1 A governor of his kindred, a stay of the people:
\q1 Yes, his bones were visited.
\q1
\v 16 Shem and Seth were glorified among men;
\q1 And above every living thing in the creation is Adam.
\b


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\c 5
\q1
\v 1 Don’t set your heart upon your goods.
\q2 Don’t say, “They are sufficient for me.”
\q1
\v 2 Don’t follow your own mind and your strength
\q2 to walk in the desires of your heart.
\q1
\v 3 Don’t say, “Who will have dominion over me?”
\q2 for the Lord will surely take vengeance on you.
\b
\q1
\v 4 Don’t say, “I sinned, and what happened to me?”
\q2 for the Lord is patient.
\q1
\v 5 Don’t be so confident of atonement
\q2 that you add sin upon sins.
\q1
\v 6 Don’t say, “His compassion is great.
\q2 He will be pacified for the multitude of my sins,”
\q2 for mercy and wrath are with him,
\q2 and his indignation will rest on sinners.
\q1
\v 7 Don’t wait to turn to the Lord.
\q2 Don’t put off from day to day;
\q2 for suddenly the wrath of the Lord will come on you,
\q2 and you will perish in the time of vengeance.
\b
\q1
\v 8 Don’t set your heart upon unrighteous gains,
\q2 for you will profit nothing in the day of calamity.
\q1
\v 9 Don’t winnow with every wind.
\q2 Don’t walk in every path.
\q2 This is what the sinner who has a double tongue does.
\q1
\v 10 Be steadfast in your understanding.
\q2 Let your speech be consistent.
\b
\q1
\v 11 Be swift to hear
\q2 and answer with patience.
\q1
\v 12 If you have understanding, answer your neighbor;
\q2 but if not, put your hand over your mouth.
\q1
\v 13 Glory and dishonor is in talk.
\q2 A man’s tongue may be his downfall.
\q1
\v 14 Don’t be called a whisperer.
\q2 Don’t lie in wait with your tongue;
\q2 for shame is on the thief,
\q2 and an evil condemnation is on him who has a double tongue.
\q1
\v 15 Don’t be ignorant in a great and small matters.


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\c 50
\q1
\v 1 \add It was \add* Simon, the son of Onias, the \f + \fr 50:1 \ft Or, \fqa high \f* great priest,
\q1 Who in his life repaired the house,
\q1 And in his days strengthened the temple:
\q1
\v 2 And by him was built from the foundation the height of the double \add wall, \add*
\q1 The lofty underworks of the inclosure of the temple:
\q1
\v 3 In his days the cistern of waters was \f + \fr 50:3 \ft The text here seems to be corrupt. \f* diminished,
\q1 The brazen vessel in compass as the sea.
\q1
\v 4 \add It was \add* he that took thought for his people that they should not fall,
\q1 And fortified the city \f + \fr 50:4 \ft Gr. \fqa to beseige: \ft that is, \fqa as to besieging it. \f* against besieging:
\q1
\v 5 How glorious was he when the people gathered round him
\q1 At his coming forth out of the \f + \fr 50:5 \ft Gr. \fqa house of the veil. \f* sanctuary!
\q1
\v 6 As the morning star in the midst of a cloud,
\q1 As the moon at the full:
\q1
\v 7 As the sun shining forth upon the temple of the Most High,
\q1 And as the rainbow giving light in clouds of glory:
\q1
\v 8 As the flower of roses in the days of new \add fruits, \add*
\q1 As lilies at the water spring,
\q1 As the shoot of the frankincense tree in the time of summer:
\q1
\v 9 As fire and incense in the censer,
\q1 As a vessel all of beaten gold
\q1 Adorned with all manner of precious stones:
\q1
\v 10 As an olive tree budding forth fruits,
\q1 And as a cypress growing high among the clouds.
\q1
\v 11 When he took up the robe of glory,
\q1 And put on the perfection of exultation,
\q1 In the ascent of the holy altar,
\q1 He made glorious the precinct of the sanctuary.
\q1
\v 12 And when he received the portions out of the priests’ hands,
\q1 Himself also standing by the hearth of the altar,
\q1 His kindred as a garland round about him,
\q1 He was as a young cedar in Libanus;
\q1 And as stems of palm trees compassed they him round about,
\q1
\v 13 And all the sons of Aaron in their glory,
\q1 And the Lord’s offering in their hands, before all the congregation of Israel.
\q1
\v 14 And finishing the service at the altars,
\q1 That he might adorn the offering of the Most High, the Almighty,
\q1
\v 15 He stretched out his hand to the \f + \fr 50:15 \ft Gr. \fqa cup of libation. \f* cup,
\q1 And poured out the cup of the grape;
\q1 He poured out at the foot of the altar
\q1 A sweet smelling savor to the Most High, the King of all.
\q1
\v 16 Then shouted the sons of Aaron,
\q1 They sounded the trumpets of beaten work,
\q1 They made a great noise to be heard,
\q1 For a remembrance before the Most High.
\q1
\v 17 Then all the people together hurried,
\q1 And fell down upon the earth on their faces
\q1 To worship their Lord, the Almighty, God Most High.
\q1
\v 18 The singers also praised him with their voices;
\q1 In the whole house was there made sweet melody.
\q1
\v 19 And the people implored the Lord Most High,
\q1 In prayer before him that is merciful.
\q1 Till the \f + \fr 50:19 \ft Gr. \fqa adornment. \f* worship of the Lord should be ended;
\q1 And so they accomplished his service.
\q1
\v 20 Then he went down, and lifted up his hands
\q1 Over the whole congregation of the children of Israel,
\q1 To give blessing to the Lord with his lips,
\q1 And to glory in his name.
\q1
\v 21 And he bowed himself down in worship the second time,
\q1 To declare the blessing from the Most High.
\b
\q1
\v 22 And now bless you° the God of all,
\q1 Which everywhere does great things,
\q1 Which exalts our days from the womb,
\q1 And deals with us according to his mercy.
\q1
\v 23 May he grant us joyfulness of heart,
\q1 And that peace may be in our days in Israel for the days of eternity:
\q1
\v 24 To entrust his mercy with us;
\q1 And let him deliver us in his time!
\b
\q1
\v 25 With two nations is my soul vexed,
\q1 And the third is no nation:
\q1
\v 26 They that sit upon the mountain of \f + \fr 50:26 \ft According to some ancient versions, \fqa Seir. \f* Samaria, \add and \add* the Philistines,
\q1 And that foolish people that dwells in Sichem.
\b
\q1
\v 27 I have \f + \fr 50:27 \ft Gr. \fqa graven. \f* written in this book the instruction of understanding and knowledge,
\q1 I Jesus, the son of Sirach Eleazar, of Jerusalem,
\q1 Who out of his heart poured forth wisdom.
\q1
\v 28 Blessed is he that shall be exercised in these things;
\q1 And he that lays them up in his heart shall become wise.
\q1
\v 29 For if he do them, he shall be strong to all things:
\q1 For the light of the Lord is his \f + \fr 50:29 \ft Gr. \fqa footstep. \f* guide. \f + \fr 50:29 \ft The remainder of this verse is omitted by the best authorities. \f*


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\c 51
\p A Prayer of Jesus the son of Sirach.
\q1
\v 1 I will give thanks to you, O Lord, O King,
\q1 And will praise you, O God my Savior:
\q1 I do give thanks to your name:
\q1
\v 2 For you were my protector and helper,
\q1 And did deliver my body out of destruction,
\q1 And out of the snare of a slanderous tongue,
\q1 From lips that forge lies,
\q1 And was my helper before those who stood by;
\q1
\v 3 And did deliver me, according to the abundance of your mercy, and \add greatness \add* of your name,
\q1 From the gnashings \add of teeth \add* ready to devour,
\q1 Out of the hand of such as sought my life,
\q1 Out of the manifold afflictions which I had;
\q1
\v 4 From the choking of a fire on every side,
\q1 And out of the midst of fire which I kindled not;
\q1
\v 5 Out of the depth of the belly of \f + \fr 51:5 \ft Gr. \fqa Hades. \f* the grave,
\q1 And from an unclean tongue,
\q1 And from lying words,
\q1
\v 6 The slander of an unrighteous tongue to the king.
\q1 My soul drew near even to death,
\q1 And my life was near to \f + \fr 51:6 \ft Gr. \fqa Hades \f* the grave beneath.
\q1
\v 7 They compassed me on every side,
\q1 And there was none to help \add me. \add*
\q1 \add I was \add* looking for the help of men,
\q1 And it was not.
\q1
\v 8 And I remembered your mercy, O Lord,
\q1 And your working which has been from everlasting,
\q1 How you deliver those who wait for you,
\q1 And save them out of the hand of the enemies.
\q1
\v 9 And I lifted up my supplication from the earth,
\q1 And prayed for deliverance from death.
\q1
\v 10 I called upon the Lord, the Father of my Lord,
\q1 That he would not forsake me in the days of affliction,
\q1 In the time when there was no help against the proud.
\q1
\v 11 I will praise your name continually,
\q1 And will sing praise with thanksgiving;
\q1 And my supplication was heard:
\q1
\v 12 For you saved me from destruction,
\q1 And delivered me from the evil time:
\q1 Therefore I will give thanks and praise to you,
\q1 And bless the name of the Lord.
\b
\q1
\v 13 When I was yet young,
\q1 Or ever I went abroad,
\q1 I sought wisdom openly in my prayer.
\q1
\v 14 Before the temple I asked for her,
\q1 And I will seek her out even to the end.
\q1
\v 15 From \add her \add* flower as from the ripening grape my heart delighted in her:
\q1 My foot trod in uprightness,
\q1 From my youth I tracked her out.
\q1
\v 16 I bowed down my ear a little, and received her,
\q1 And found for myself much instruction.
\q1
\v 17 I profited in her:
\q1 To him that gives me wisdom I will give glory.
\q1
\v 18 For I purposed to practice her,
\q1 And I was zealous for that which is good;
\q1 And I shall never be put to shame.
\q1
\v 19 My soul has wrestled in her,
\q1 And in my doing I was exact:
\q1 I spread forth my hands to the heaven above,
\q1 And bewailed my ignorances of her.
\q1
\v 20 I set my soul aright to her,
\q1 And in pureness I found her.
\q1 I got me a heart \add joined \add* with her from the beginning:
\q1 Therefore shall I not be forsaken.
\q1
\v 21 My inward part also was troubled to seek her:
\q1 Therefore I have gotten a good possession.
\q1
\v 22 The Lord gave me a tongue for my reward;
\q1 And I will praise him therewith.
\b
\q1
\v 23 Draw near to me, you° unlearned,
\q1 And lodge in the house of instruction.
\q1
\v 24 Say, wherefore are you° lacking in these things,
\q1 And your souls are very thirsty?
\q1
\v 25 I opened my mouth, and spoke,
\q1 Get her for yourselves without money.
\q1
\v 26 Put your neck under the yoke,
\q1 And let your soul receive instruction:
\q1 She is hard at hand to find.
\q1
\v 27 Behold with your eyes,
\q1 How that I labored but a little,
\q1 And found for myself much rest.
\q1
\v 28 Get you instruction with a great sum of silver,
\q1 And gain much gold by her.
\q1
\v 29 May your soul rejoice in his mercy,
\q1 And may you° not be put to shame in praising him.
\q1
\v 30 Work your work before the time comes,
\q1 And in his time he will give you your reward.


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\q1
\v 1 Don’t become an enemy instead of a friend;
\q2 for an evil name will inherit shame and reproach.
\q2 So it is with the sinner who has a double tongue.
\b
\q1
\v 2 Don’t exalt yourself in the counsel of your soul,
\q2 that your soul be not torn in pieces as a bull.
\q1
\v 3 You will eat up your leaves, destroy your fruit,
\q2 and leave yourself as a dry tree.
\q1
\v 4 A wicked soul will destroy him who has it,
\q2 and will make him a laughing stock to his enemies.
\b
\q1
\v 5 Sweet words will multiply a man’s friends.
\q2 A gracious tongue will multiply courtesies.
\q1
\v 6 Let those that are at peace with you be many,
\q2 but your advisers one of a thousand.
\q1
\v 7 If you want to gain a friend, get him in a time of testing,
\q2 and don’t be in a hurry to trust him.
\q1
\v 8 For there is a friend just for an occasion.
\q2 He won’t continue in the day of your affliction.
\q1
\v 9 And there is a friend who turns into an enemy.
\q2 He will discover strife to your reproach.
\q1
\v 10 And there is a friend who is a companion at the table,
\q2 but he won’t continue in the day of your affliction.
\q1
\v 11 In your prosperity he will be as yourself,
\q2 and will be bold over your servants.
\q1
\v 12 If you are brought low, he will be against you,
\q2 and will hide himself from your face.
\q1
\v 13 Separate yourself from your enemies,
\q2 and beware of your friends.
\b
\q1
\v 14 A faithful friend is a strong defense.
\q2 He who has found him has found a treasure.
\q1
\v 15 There is nothing that can be taken in exchange for a faithful friend.
\q2 His excellency is beyond price.
\q1
\v 16 A faithful friend is a life-saving medicine.
\q2 Those who fear the Lord will find him.
\q1
\v 17 He who fears the Lord directs his friendship properly;
\q2 for as he is, so is his neighbor also.
\b
\q1
\v 18 My son, gather instruction from your youth up.
\q2 Even when you have gray hair you will find wisdom.
\q1
\v 19 Come to her as one who plows and sows
\q2 and wait for her good fruit;
\q1 for your toil will be little in her tillage,
\q2 and you will soon eat of her fruit.
\q1
\v 20 How exceedingly harsh she is to the unlearned!
\q2 He who is without understanding will not remain in her.
\q1
\v 21 She will rest upon him as a mighty stone of trial.
\q2 He won’t hesitate to cast her from him.
\q1
\v 22 For wisdom is according to her name.
\q1 She isn’t manifest to many.
\b
\q1
\v 23 Give ear, my son, and accept my judgement.
\q2 Don’t refuse my counsel.
\q1
\v 24 Bring your feet into her fetters,
\q2 and your neck into her chain.
\q1
\v 25 Put your shoulder under her and bear her.
\q2 Don’t be grieved with her bonds.
\q1
\v 26 Come to her with all your soul.
\q2 Keep her ways with your whole power.
\q1
\v 27 Search and seek, and she will be made known to you.
\q2 When you get hold of her, don’t let her go.
\q1
\v 28 For at the last you will find her rest;
\q2 and she will be turned for you into gladness.
\q1
\v 29 Her fetters will be to you for a covering of strength,
\q2 and her chains for a robe of glory.
\q1
\v 30 For there is a golden ornament upon her,
\q2 and her bands are \x + \xo 6:30 \xt Numbers 15:38\x* a blue ribbon.
\q1
\v 31 You shall put her on as a robe of glory,
\q2 and shall put her on as a crown of rejoicing.
\b
\q1
\v 32 My son, if you are willing, you will be instructed.
\q2 If you will yield your soul, you will be prudent.
\q1
\v 33 If you love to hear, you will receive.
\q2 If you incline your ear, you will be wise.
\q1
\v 34 Stand in the multitude of the elders.
\q2 Attach yourself to whoever is wise.
\q1
\v 35 Be willing to listen to every godly discourse.
\q2 Don’t let the proverbs of understanding escape you.
\q1
\v 36 If you see a man of understanding, get to him early.
\q2 Let your foot wear out the steps of his doors.
\q1
\v 37 Let your mind dwell on the ordinances of the Lord
\q2 and meditate continually on his commandments.
\q1 He will establish your heart
\q2 and your desire for wisdom will be given to you.
\b


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\q1
\v 1 Do no evil,
\q2 so will no evil overtake you.
\q1
\v 2 Depart from wrong,
\q2 and it will turn away from you.
\q1
\v 3 My son, don’t sow upon the furrows of unrighteousness,
\q2 and you won’t reap them sevenfold.
\b
\q1
\v 4 Don’t seek preeminence from the Lord,
\q2 nor the seat of honor from the king.
\q1
\v 5 Don’t justify yourself in the presence of the Lord,
\q2 and don’t display your wisdom before the king.
\q1
\v 6 Don’t seek to be a judge,
\q2 lest you not be able to take away iniquities,
\q2 lest perhaps you fear the person of a mighty man,
\q2 and lay a stumbling block in the way of your uprightness.
\b
\q1
\v 7 Don’t sin against the multitude of the city.
\q2 Don’t cast yourself down in the crowd.
\q1
\v 8 Don’t commit a sin twice,
\q2 for even in one you will not be unpunished.
\q1
\v 9 Don’t say, “He will look upon the multitude of my gifts.
\q2 When I make an offering to the Most High God, he will accept it.”
\q1
\v 10 Don’t be faint-hearted in your prayer.
\q2 Don’t neglect to give alms.
\b
\q1
\v 11 Don’t laugh a man to scorn when he is in the bitterness of his soul,
\q2 for there is one who humbles and exalts.
\q1
\v 12 \f + \fr 7:12 \ft Gr. \fqa Don’t plow\f* Don’t devise a lie against your brother,
\q2 or do the same to a friend.
\q1
\v 13 Don’t love to make any manner of lie,
\q2 for that is not a good habit.
\q1
\v 14 Don’t babble in the multitude of elders.
\q2 Don’t repeat your words in your prayer.
\b
\q1
\v 15 Don’t hate hard labor
\q2 or farm work, which the Most High has created.
\q1
\v 16 Don’t number yourself among the multitude of sinners.
\q2 Remember that wrath will not wait.
\q1
\v 17 Humble your soul greatly,
\q2 for the punishment of the ungodly man is fire and the worm.
\b
\q1
\v 18 Don’t exchange a friend for something,
\q2 neither a true brother for the gold of Ophir.
\q1
\v 19 Don’t deprive yourself of a wise and good wife,
\q2 for her grace is worth more than gold.
\q1
\v 20 Don’t abuse a servant that works faithfully,
\q2 or a hireling who gives you his life.
\q1
\v 21 Let your soul love a wise servant.
\q2 Don’t defraud him of liberty.
\b
\q1
\v 22 Do you have cattle? Look after them;
\q2 if they are profitable to you, let them stay by you.
\q1
\v 23 Do you have children? Correct them,
\q2 and bow down their necks from their youth.
\q1
\v 24 Do you have daughters? Take care of their bodies,
\q2 and don’t be overly indulgent toward them.
\q1
\v 25 Give your daughter in marriage, and you will have accomplished a great matter.
\q2 Give her to a man of understanding.
\b
\q1
\v 26 Do you have a wife after your mind? Don’t cast her out.
\q2 \f + \fr 7:26 \ft Many authorities omit this line \f* But don’t trust yourself to one who is hateful.
\q1
\v 27 Give glory to your father with your whole heart,
\q2 and don’t forget the birth pangs of your mother.
\q1
\v 28 Remember that you were born of them.
\q2 What will you repay them for the things that they have done for you?
\b
\q1
\v 29 Fear the Lord with all your soul;
\q2 and revere his priests.
\q1
\v 30 With all your strength love him who made you.
\q2 Don’t forsake his ministers.
\q1
\v 31 Fear the Lord and honor the priest.
\q2 Give him his portion, even as it is commanded you:
\q2 the first fruits, the trespass offering, the gift of the shoulders,
\q2 the sacrifice of sanctification, and the first fruits of holy things.
\b
\q1
\v 32 Also stretch out your hand to the poor man,
\q2 that your blessing may be perfected.
\q1
\v 33 A gift has grace in the sight of every living man.
\q2 Don’t withhold grace for a dead man.
\q1
\v 34 Don’t be lacking to those who weep,
\q2 and mourn with those who mourn.
\q1
\v 35 Don’t be slow to visit a sick man,
\q2 for by such things you will gain love.
\q1
\v 36 In all your words, remember eternity,
\q2 and you will never sin.
\b


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\q1
\v 1 Don’t contend with a mighty man,
\q2 lest perhaps you fall into his hands.
\q1
\v 2 Don’t strive with a rich man, lest perhaps he overpower you;
\q2 for gold has destroyed many,
\q2 and turned away the hearts of kings.
\q1
\v 3 Don’t contend with a talkative man.
\q2 Don’t heap wood upon his fire.
\b
\q1
\v 4 Don’t jest with a rude man,
\q2 Lest your ancestors be dishonored.
\q1
\v 5 Don’t reproach a man when he turns from sin.
\q2 Remember that we are all worthy of punishment.
\q1
\v 6 Don’t dishonor a man in his old age;
\q2 for some of us are also growing old.
\q1
\v 7 Don’t rejoice over one who is dead.
\q2 Remember that we all die.
\b
\q1
\v 8 Don’t neglect the discourse of the wise.
\q2 Be conversant with their proverbs;
\q2 for from them you will learn instruction
\q2 and how to minister to great men.
\q1
\v 9 Don’t miss the discourse of the aged,
\q2 for they also learned from their fathers,
\q2 because from them you will learn understanding,
\q2 and to give an answer in time of need.
\b
\q1
\v 10 Don’t kindle the coals of a sinner,
\q2 lest you be burned with the flame of his fire.
\q1
\v 11 Don’t rise up from the presence of an insolent man,
\q2 lest he lie in wait as an ambush for your mouth.
\q1
\v 12 Don’t lend to a man who is mightier than yourself;
\q2 and if you lend, be as one who has lost.
\q1
\v 13 Don’t be surety above your power.
\q2 If you are surety, think as one who will have to pay.
\b
\q1
\v 14 Don’t go to law with a judge;
\q2 for according to his honor they will give judgement for him.
\q1
\v 15 Don’t go in the way with a rash man,
\q2 lest he be burdonsome to you;
\q2 for he will do according to his own will,
\q2 and you will perish with his folly.
\q1
\v 16 Don’t fight with a wrathful man.
\q2 Don’t travel with him through the desert,
\q2 for blood is as nothing in his sight.
\q2 Where there is no help, he will overthrow you.
\q1
\v 17 Don’t take counsel with a fool,
\q2 for he will not be able to conceal the matter.
\q1
\v 18 Do no secret thing before a stranger,
\q2 For you don’t know what it will cause.
\q1
\v 19 Don’t open your heart to every man.
\q2 Don’t let him return you a favor.
\b


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\c 9
\q1
\v 1 Don’t be jealous over the wife of your bosom,
\q2 and don’t teach her an evil lesson against yourself.
\q1
\v 2 Don’t give your soul to a woman,
\q2 that she should set her foot upon your strength.
\q1
\v 3 Don’t go to meet a woman who plays the prostitute,
\q2 lest perhaps you fall into her snares.
\q1
\v 4 Don’t use the company of a woman who is a singer,
\q2 lest perhaps you be caught by her attempts.
\q1
\v 5 Don’t gaze at a maid,
\q2 lest perhaps you be trapped in her penalties.
\q1
\v 6 Don’t give your soul to prostitutes,
\q2 that you not lose your inheritance.
\q1
\v 7 Don’t look around you in the streets of the city,
\q2 neither wander in its solitary places.
\q1
\v 8 Turn your eye away from a beautiful woman,
\q2 and don’t gaze at another’s beauty.
\q1 Many have been led astray by the beauty of a woman;
\q2 and with this, affection is kindled as a fire.
\q1
\v 9 Don’t sit at all with a woman who has a husband,
\q2 or revel with her at the wine,\f + \fr 9:9 \ft The preceding line of this verse is omitted by the best authorities. \f*
\q2 lest perhaps your soul turn away to her,
\q2 and with your spirit you slide into destruction.
\b
\q1
\v 10 Don’t forsake an old friend;
\q2 for the new is not comparable to him.
\q1 A new friend is like new wine:
\q2 if it becomes old, you will drink it with gladness.
\b
\q1
\v 11 Don’t envy the glory of a sinner;
\q2 for you don’t know what his overthrow will be.
\q1
\v 12 Don’t delight in the delights of the ungodly.
\q2 Remember they will not go unpunished to \f + \fr 9:12 \ft Gr. \fqa Hades. \f* the grave.
\b
\q1
\v 13 Keep yourself far from the man who has \f + \fr 9:13 \ft Or, \fqa authority \f* power to kill,
\q2 and you will have no suspicion of the fear of death.
\q1 If you come to him, commit no fault,
\q2 lest he take away your life.
\q1 Know surely that you go about in the midst of snares,
\q2 and walk upon the battlements of a city.
\b
\q1
\v 14 As well as you can, aim to know your neighbors,
\q2 and take counsel with the wise.
\q1
\v 15 Let your conversation be with men of understanding.
\q2 Let all your discourse be in the law of the Most High.
\q1
\v 16 Let just men be companions at your table.
\q2 Let your glorying be in the fear of the Lord.
\b
\q1
\v 17 A work is commended because of the hand of the artisan;
\q2 so he who rules the people will be considered wise for his speech.
\q1
\v 18 A talkative man is dangerous in his city.
\q2 He who is headlong in his speech will be hated.
\b


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\h Baruch
\toc1 Baruch
\toc2 Baruch
\toc3 Bar
\mt1 BARUCH
\ip The book of \bk Baruch\bk* is recognized as Deuterocanonical Scripture by the Roman Catholic, Greek Orthodox, and Russian Orthodox Churches. In some Bibles, Baruch chapter 6 is listed as a separate book called \bk The Letter of Jeremiah\bk*, reflecting its separation from Baruch in some copies of the Greek Septuagint.


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\p
\v 1 These are the words of the book, which Baruch the son of Nerias, the son of Maaseas, the son of Sedekias, the son of Asadias, the son of Helkias, wrote in Babylon,
\v 2 in the fifth year, \add and \add* in the seventh day of the month, what time as the Chaldeans took Jerusalem, and burned it with fire.
\v 3 And Baruch did read the words of this book in the hearing of Jechonias the son of Joakim king of Judah, and in the hearing of all the people that came to \add hear \add* the book,
\v 4 and in the hearing of the mighty men, and of the kings’ sons, and in the hearing of the elders, and in the hearing of all the people, from the least to the greatest, even of all those who lived at Babylon by the river Sud.
\v 5 And they wept, and fasted, \f + \fr 1:5 \ft Another reading is, \fqa and vowed vows. \f* and prayed before the Lord;
\v 6 they made also a collection of money according to every man’s power:
\v 7 and they sent \add it \add* to Jerusalem to Joakim the \add high \add* priest, the son of Helkias, the son of Salom, and to the priests, and to all the people which were found with him at Jerusalem,
\v 8 at the same time when he took the vessels of the house of the Lord, that had been carried out of the temple, to return \add them \add* into the land of Judah, the tenth day of \add the month \add* Sivan, \add namely, \add* silver vessels, which Sedekias the son of Josias king of Judah had made,
\v 9 after Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon had carried away Jechonias, and the princes, and the captives, and the mighty men, and the people of the land, from Jerusalem, and brought them to Babylon.
\v 10 And they said, Behold, we have sent you money; buy you therefore with the money burnt offerings, and sin offerings, and incense, and prepare an oblation, and offer upon the altar of the Lord our God;
\v 11 and pray for the life of Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon, and for the life of Baltasar his son, that their days may be \f + \fr 1:11 \ft See Deuteronomy 11:21. \f* as the days of heaven above the earth:
\v 12 and the Lord will give us strength, and lighten our eyes, and we shall live under the shadow of Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon, and under the shadow of Baltasar his son, and we shall serve them many days, and find favor in their sight.
\v 13 Pray for us also to the Lord our God, for we have sinned against the Lord our God; and to this day the wrath of the Lord and his indignation is not turned from us.
\v 14 And you° shall read this book which we have sent to you, to make confession in the house of the Lord, upon the day of the feast and on the days of the solemn assembly.
\p
\v 15 And you° shall say, To the Lord our God \add belongs \add* righteousness, but to us confusion of face, as at this day, to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem,
\v 16 and to our kings, and to our princes, and to our priests, and to our prophets, and to our fathers:
\v 17 for that we have sinned before the Lord,
\v 18 and disobeyed him, and have not listened to the voice of the Lord our God, to walk in the commandments of the Lord that he has set before us:
\v 19 since the day that the Lord brought our fathers out of the land of Egypt, to this present day, we have been disobedient to the Lord our God, and we have dealt unadvisedly in not listening to his voice.
\v 20 Wherefore the plagues clave to us, and the curse, which the Lord commanded Moses his servant \add to pronounce \add* in the day that he brought our fathers out of the land of Egypt, to give us a land that flows with milk and honey, as at this day.
\v 21 Nevertheless we didn’t listen to the voice of the Lord our God, according to all the words of the prophets, whom he sent to us:
\v 22 but we walked every man in the imagination of his own wicked heart, to serve strange gods, and to do that which is evil in the sight of the Lord our God.


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\p
\v 1 Therefore the Lord has made good his word, which he pronounced against us, and against our judges that judged Israel, and against our kings, and against our princes, and against the men of Israel and Judah,
\v 2 to bring upon us great plagues, such as never happened under the whole heaven, \f + \fr 2:2 \ft Another reading is, \fqa even as he has done. \f* as it came to pass in Jerusalem, according to the things that are written in the law of Moses;
\v 3 That we should eat every man the flesh of his own son, and every man the flesh of his own daughter.
\v 4 Moreover he has given them to be in subjection to all the kingdoms that are round about us, to be a reproach and a desolation among all the people round about, where the Lord has scattered them.
\v 5 Thus were they cast down, and not exalted, because we sinned against the Lord our God, in not listening to his voice.
\v 6 To the Lord our God \add belongs \add* righteousness: but to us and to our fathers confusion of face, as at this day.
\v 7 \add For \add* all these plagues are come upon us, which the Lord has pronounced against us.
\v 8 Yet have we not entreated the favor of the Lord, in turning every one from the thoughts of his wicked heart.
\v 9 Therefore has the Lord kept watch over the plagues, and the Lord has brought \add them \add* upon us; for the Lord is righteous in all his works which he has commanded us.
\v 10 Yet we have not listened to his voice, to walk in the commandments of the Lord that he has set before us.
\p
\v 11 And now, O Lord, you God of Israel, that have brought your people out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and with signs, and with wonders, and with great power, and with a high arm, and have gotten yourself a name, as at this day:
\v 12 O Lord our God, we have sinned, we have done ungodly, we have dealt unrighteously in all your ordinances.
\v 13 Let your wrath turn from us: for we are but a few left among the heathen, where you have scattered us.
\v 14 Hear our prayer, O Lord, and our petition, and deliver us for your own sake, and give us favor in the sight of them which have led us away captive:
\v 15 that all the earth may know that you are the Lord our God, because Israel and his posterity is called by your name.
\v 16 O Lord, look down from your holy house, and consider us: incline your ear, O Lord, and hear:
\v 17 open your eyes, and behold: for the dead that are in \f + \fr 2:17 \ft Gr. \fqa Hades. \f* the grave, whose breath is taken from their bodies, will give to the Lord neither glory nor righteousness:
\v 18 but the soul that is greatly vexed, which goes stooping and feeble, and the eyes that fail, and the hungry soul, will give you glory and righteousness, O Lord.
\v 19 For we do not present our supplication before you, O Lord our God, for the righteousness of our fathers, and of our kings.
\v 20 For you have sent your wrath and your indignation upon us, as you have spoken by your servants the prophets, \add saying, \add*
\v 21 The Lord says, Bow your shoulders to serve the king of Babylon, and remain in the land that I gave to your fathers.
\v 22 But if you° will not hear the voice of the Lord, to serve the king of Babylon,
\v 23 I will cause to cease out of the cities of Judah, and from without Jerusalem, the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride: and the whole land shall be desolate without inhabitant.
\v 24 But we would not listen to your voice, to serve the king of Babylon: therefore have you made good your words that you spoke by your servants the prophets, \add namely, \add* that the bones of our kings, and the bones of our fathers, should be taken out of their places.
\v 25 And, behold, they are cast out to the heat by day, and to the frost by night, and they died in great miseries by famine, by sword, and by \f + \fr 2:25 \ft See Jeremiah 32:36. \f* pestilence.
\v 26 And the house which is called by your name have you laid \add waste, \add* as at this day, for the wickedness of the house of Israel and the house of Judah.
\v 27 Yet, O Lord our God, you have dealt with us after all your kindness, and according to all that great mercy of your,
\v 28 as you spoke by your servant Moses in the day when you did command him to write your law before the children of Israel, saying,
\v 29 If you° will not hear my voice, surely this very great multitude shall be turned into a small \add number \add* among the nations, where I will scatter them.
\v 30 For I know that they will not hear me, because it is a stiff-necked people: but in the land of their captivity they shall take it to heart,
\v 31 and shall know that I am the Lord their God: and I will give them a heart, and ears to hear:
\v 32 and they shall praise me in the land of their captivity, and think upon my name,
\v 33 and shall return from their stiff neck, and from their wicked deeds: for they shall remember the way of their fathers, which sinned before the Lord.
\v 34 And I will bring them again into the land which I sware to their fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, and they shall be lords of it: and I will increase them, and they shall not be diminished.
\v 35 And I will make an everlasting covenant with them to be their God, and they shall be my people: and I will no more remove my people of Israel out of the land that I have given them.


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\p
\v 1 O Lord Almighty, you God of Israel, the soul in anguish, the troubled spirit, cries to you.
\v 2 Hear, O Lord, and have mercy; for you are a merciful God: yes, have mercy upon us, because we have sinned before you.
\v 3 For you sit \add as king \add* forever, and we perish evermore.
\v 4 O Lord Almighty, you God of Israel, hear now the prayer of \f + \fr 3:4 \ft Probably a mistake for \fqa the men of Israel. \f* the dead Israelites, and of the children of them which were sinners before you, that didn’t listen to the voice of you their God: for the which cause these plagues clave to us.
\v 5 Remember not the iniquities of our fathers: but remember your power and your name \add now \add* at this time.
\v 6 For you are the Lord our God, and you, O Lord, will we praise.
\v 7 For for this cause you have put your fear in our hearts, \f + \fr 3:7 \ft Another reading is, \fqa and \ft made us \fqa to call. \f* to the intent that we should call upon your name: and we will praise you in our captivity, for we have \f + \fr 3:7 \ft Another reading is, \fqa put away from our heart all etc. \f* called to mind all the iniquity of our fathers, that sinned before you.
\v 8 Behold, we are yet this day in our captivity, where you have scattered us, for a reproach and a curse, and to be subject to penalty, according to all the iniquities of our fathers, which departed from the Lord our God.
\p
\v 9 Hear, O Israel, the commandments of life: give ear to understand wisdom.
\v 10 How is it, O Israel, that you are in your enemies’ land, that you have become old in a strange country, that you are defiled with the dead,
\v 11 that you are counted with those who \add go down \add* into \f + \fr 3:11 \ft Gr. \fqa Hades. \f* the grave?
\v 12 You have forsaken the fountain of wisdom.
\v 13 \add For \add* if you had walked in the way of God, you should have dwelled in peace forever.
\v 14 Learn where is \f + \fr 3:14 \ft Or, \fqa prudence \f* wisdom, where is strength, where is understanding; that you may know also where is length of days, and life, where is the light of the eyes, and peace.
\v 15 Who has found out her place? and who has come into her treasuries?
\v 16 Where are the princes of the heathen, and such as ruled the beasts that are upon the earth;
\v 17 those who had their pastime with the fowls of the air, and those who hoarded up silver and gold, wherein men trust; and of whose getting there is no end?
\v 18 For those who \f + \fr 3:18 \ft Or, \fqa diligently sought after: \ft Proverbs 11:27 (Sept.). \f* made in silver, and were so careful, and whose works are past finding out,
\v 19 they are vanished and gone down to \f + \fr 3:19 \ft Gr. \fqa Hades. \f* the grave, and others are come up in their steads.
\v 20 Younger men have seen the light, and lived upon the earth: but the way of knowledge have they not known,
\v 21 neither understood they the paths thereof: neither have their children embraced it: they are far off from \f + \fr 3:21 \ft Another reading is, \fqa the way thereof. \f* their way.
\v 22 It has not been heard of in Canaan, neither has it been seen in Teman.
\v 23 The sons also of Agar that seek understanding, which are in the land, the merchants of Merran and Teman, and the authors of fables, and the searchers out of understanding; none of these have known the way of wisdom, or remembered her paths.
\v 24 O Israel, how great is the house of God! and how large is the place of his possession!
\v 25 great, and has none end; high, and unmeasurable.
\v 26 There were the giants born that were famous of old, great of stature, \add and \add* expert in war.
\v 27 God didn’t choose these, nor did he give the way of knowledge to them;
\v 28 so they perished, because they had no \f + \fr 3:28 \ft Or, \fqa prudence \f* wisdom, they perished through their own foolishness.
\v 29 Who has gone up into heaven, and taken her, and brought her down from the clouds?
\v 30 Who has gone over the sea, and found her, and will bring her for choice gold?
\v 31 There is none that knows her way, nor any that comprehends her path.
\v 32 But he that knows all things knows her, he found her out with his understanding: he that prepared the earth for evermore has filled it with four-footed beasts:
\v 33 he that sends forth the light, and it goes; he called it, and it obeyed him with fear:
\v 34 and the stars shined in their watches, and were glad: when he called them, they said, Here we be; they shined with gladness to him that made them.
\v 35 This is our God, \add and \add* there shall none other be accounted of in comparison of him.
\v 36 He has found out all the way of knowledge, and has given it to Jacob his servant, and to Israel that is beloved of him.
\v 37 Afterward did she appear upon earth, and was conversant with men.


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\v 1 This is the book of the commandments of God, and the law that endures forever: all those who hold it fast \add are appointed \add* to life; but such as leave it shall die.
\v 2 Turn you, O Jacob, and take hold of it: walk toward her shining in the presence of the light thereof.
\v 3 Give not your glory to another, nor the things that are profitable to you to a strange nation.
\v 4 O Israel, happy are we: for the things that are pleasing to God are made known to us.
\v 5 Be of good cheer, my people, the memorial of Israel.
\v 6 You° were sold to the nations, \add but \add* not for destruction: because you° moved God to wrath, you° were delivered to your adversaries.
\v 7 For you° provoked him that made you by sacrificing to demons, and not to God.
\v 8 You° forgot the everlasting God, that brought you up; you° grieved also Jerusalem, that nursed you.
\v 9 For she saw the wrath that is come upon you from God, and said, Listen, you° \add women \add* that dwell about Sion: for God has brought upon me great mourning;
\v 10 for I have seen the captivity of my sons and daughters, which the Everlasting has brought upon them.
\v 11 For with joy did I nourish them; but sent them away with weeping and mourning.
\v 12 Let no man rejoice over me, a widow, and forsaken of many: for the sins of my children am I left desolate; because they turned away from the law of God,
\v 13 and had no regard to his statutes, neither walked they in the ways of God’s commandments, nor trod in the paths of discipline in his righteousness.
\v 14 Let those who dwell about Sion come, and remember you° the captivity of my sons and daughters, which the Everlasting has brought upon them.
\v 15 For he has brought a nation upon them from far, a shameless nation, and of a strange language, \f + \fr 4:15 \ft Another reading is, \fqa for they. \f* who neither reverenced old man, nor pitied child.
\v 16 And they have carried away the dear beloved sons of the widow, and left her that was alone desolate of her daughters.
\v 17 But I, what can I help you?
\v 18 For he that brought these plagues upon you will deliver you from the hand of your enemies.
\v 19 Go your way, O my children, go your way: for I am left desolate.
\v 20 I have put off the garment of peace, and put upon me the sackcloth of my petition: I will cry to the Everlasting as long as I live.
\v 21 Be of good cheer, O my children, cry to God, and he shall deliver you from the power and hand of the enemies.
\v 22 For I have trusted in the Everlasting, that he will save you; and joy is come to me from the Holy One, because of the mercy which shall soon come to you \f + \fr 4:22 \ft Or, \fqa from your everlasting Savior \f* from the Everlasting your Savior.
\v 23 For I sent you out with mourning and weeping: but God will give you to me again with joy and gladness forever.
\v 24 For like as now those who dwell about Sion have seen your captivity: so shall they see shortly your salvation from \f + \fr 4:24 \ft Another reading is, \fqa your. \f* our God, which shall come upon you with great glory, and brightness of the Everlasting.
\v 25 My children, suffer patiently the wrath that is come upon you from God: for your enemy has persecuted you; but shortly you shall see his destruction, and shall tread upon their necks.
\v 26 My delicate ones have gone rough ways; they were taken away as a flock carried off by the enemies.
\v 27 Be of good cheer, O my children, and cry to God: for you° shall be remembered of him that has brought \add these things \add* upon you.
\v 28 For as it was your mind to go astray from God: \add so, \add* return and seek him ten times more.
\v 29 For he that brought these plagues upon you shall bring you everlasting joy again with your salvation.
\v 30 Be of good cheer, O Jerusalem: for he that called you by name will comfort you.
\v 31 Miserable are those who afflicted you, and rejoiced at your fall.
\v 32 Miserable are the cities which your children served: miserable is she that received your sons.
\v 33 For as she rejoiced at your fall, and was glad of your ruin: so shall she be grieved for her own desolation.
\v 34 And I will take away her exultation in her great multitude, and her boasting shall be turned into mourning.
\v 35 For fire shall come upon her from the Everlasting, long to endure; and she shall be inhabited of \f + \fr 4:35 \ft Gr. \fqa demons. \f* devils for a great time.
\p
\v 36 O Jerusalem, look about you toward the east, and behold the joy that comes to you from God.
\v 37 Behold, your sons come, whom you sent away, they come gathered together from the east to the west at the word of the Holy One, rejoicing in the glory of God.


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\v 1 Put off, O Jerusalem, the garment of your mourning and affliction, and put on the beauty of the glory that \add comes \add* from God forever.
\v 2 Cast about you the robe of the righteousness which \add comes \add* from God; set a diadem on your head of the glory of the Everlasting.
\v 3 For God will show your brightness to every \add region \add* under heaven.
\v 4 For your name shall be called of God forever The peace of righteousness, and The glory of godliness.
\v 5 Arise, O Jerusalem, and stand upon the height, and look about you toward the east, and behold your children gathered from the going down of the sun to the rising thereof at the word of the Holy One, rejoicing that God has remembered them.
\v 6 For they went from you on foot, being led away of their enemies: but God brings them in to you borne on high with glory, \f + \fr 5:6 \ft Another reading is, as \fqa children of the kingdom. \f* as \add on \add* a royal throne.
\v 7 For God has appointed that every high mountain, and the everlasting hills, should be made low, and the valleys filled up, to make plain the ground, that Israel may go safely in the glory of God.
\v 8 Moreover the woods and every sweet smelling tree have overshadowed Israel by the commandment of God.
\v 9 For God shall lead Israel with joy in the light of his glory with the mercy and righteousness that comes from him.


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\s1 The Letter of Jeremy (Jeremiah)
\p
\v 1 A copy of an letter, which Jeremy sent to them which were to be led captives into Babylon by the king of the Babylonians, to certify them, as it was commanded him of God.
\p
\v 2 Because of the sins which you° have committed before God, you° shall be led away captives to Babylon by Nabuchodonosor king of the Babylonians.
\v 3 So when you° come to Babylon, you° shall remain there many years, and for a long season, even for seven generations: and after that I will bring you out peaceably from thence.
\v 4 But now shall you° see in Babylon gods of silver, and of gold, and of wood, borne upon shoulders, which cause the nations to fear.
\v 5 Beware therefore that you° in no wise become like to the strangers, neither let fear take hold upon you because of them, when you° see the multitude before them and behind them, worshiping them.
\v 6 But say you° in your hearts, O Lord, we must worship you.
\v 7 For my angel is with you, \f + \fr 6:7 \ft Or, \fqa and he cares \f* and I myself do care for your \f + \fr 6:7 \ft Or, \fqa lives \f* souls.
\v 8 For their tongue is polished by the workman, and they themselves are overlaid with gold and with silver; yet are they but false, and can’t speak.
\v 9 And taking gold, as it were for a virgin that loves to be happy, they make crowns for the heads of their gods:
\v 10 and sometimes also the priests convey from their gods gold and silver, and bestow it upon themselves;
\v 11 and will even give thereof to the common prostitutes: and they deck them as men with garments, \add even \add* the gods of silver, and gods of gold, and of wood.
\v 12 Yet can’t these gods save themselves from rust and moths, though they be covered with purple raiment.
\v 13 They wipe their faces because of the dust of the temple, which is thick upon them.
\v 14 And he that can’t put to death one that offends against him holds a sceptre, as though he were judge of a country.
\v 15 He has also a dagger in his right hand, and an axe: but can’t deliver himself from war and robbers.
\v 16 Whereby they are known not to be gods: therefore fear them not.
\v 17 For like as a vessel that a man uses is nothing worth when it is broken; even so it is with their gods: when they be set up in the temples their eyes be full of dust through the feet of those who come in.
\v 18 And as the courts are made sure on every side upon him that offends the king, as being committed to suffer death; \add even so \add* the priests make fast their temples with doors, with locks, and bars, lest they be carried off by robbers.
\v 19 They light them candles, yes, more than for themselves, whereof they can’t see one.
\v 20 They are as one of the beams of the temple; and men say their hearts are eaten out, when things creeping out of the earth devour both them and their raiment: they feel it not
\v 21 when their faces are blackened through the smoke that comes out of the temple:
\v 22 bats, swallows, and birds land on their bodies and heads; and in like manner the cats also.
\v 23 Whereby you° may know that they are no gods: therefore fear them not.
\v 24 Notwithstanding the gold wherewith they are beset to make them beautiful, except one wipe off the rust, they will not shine: for not even when they were molten did they feel it.
\v 25 Things wherein there is no breath are bought at any cost.
\v 26 Having no feet, they are borne upon shoulders, whereby they declare to men that they be nothing worth.
\v 27 They also that serve them are ashamed: for if they fall to the ground at any time, they can’t rise up again of themselves: neither, if they are bowed down, can they make themselves straight: but the offerings are set before them, as if they were dead men.
\v 28 And the things that are sacrificed to them, their priests sell and spend; and in like manner their wives also lay up part thereof in salt; but to the poor and to the impotent they will give nothing thereof.
\v 29 The menstruous woman and the woman in childbed touch their sacrifices: knowing therefore by these things that they are no gods, fear them not.
\v 30 For how can they be called gods? because women set meat before the gods of silver, gold, and wood.
\v 31 And in their temples the priests \f + \fr 6:31 \ft Or, \fqa bear the litter \f* sit on seats, having their clothes tore, and their heads and beards shaven, and nothing upon their heads.
\v 32 They roar and cry before their gods, as men do at the feast when one is dead.
\v 33 The priests also take off garments from them, and clothe their wives and children withal.
\v 34 Whether it be evil that one does to them, or good, they are not able to recompense it: they can neither set up a king, nor put him down.
\v 35 In like manner, they can neither give riches nor money: though a man make a vow to them, and keep it not, they will never exact it.
\v 36 They can save no man from death, neither deliver the weak from the mighty.
\v 37 They can’t restore a blind man to his sight, nor deliver any that is in distress.
\v 38 They can show no mercy to the widow, nor do good to the fatherless.
\v 39 They are like the stones that be \add hewn \add* out of the mountain, \add these gods \add* of wood, and that are overlaid with gold and with silver: those who minister to them shall be confounded.
\v 40 How should a man then think or say that they are gods, when even the Chaldeans themselves dishonor them?
\v 41 Who if they shall see one mute that can’t speak, they bring him, and entreat him to call upon Bel, as though he were able to understand.
\v 42 Yet they can’t perceive this themselves, and forsake them: for they have no understanding.
\v 43 The women also with cords about them sit in the ways, burning bran for incense: but if any of them, drawn by some that passes by, lie with him, she reproaches her fellow, that she was not thought as worthy as herself, nor her cord broken.
\v 44 Whatsoever is done among them is false: how should a man then think or say that they are gods?
\v 45 They are fashioned by carpenters and goldsmiths: they can be nothing else than the workmen will have them to be.
\v 46 And they themselves that fashioned them can never continue long; how then should the things that are fashioned by them?
\v 47 For they have left lies and reproaches to those who come after.
\v 48 For when there comes any war or plague upon them, the priests consult with themselves, where they may be hidden with them.
\v 49 How then can’t men understand that they be no gods, which can neither save themselves from war, nor from plague?
\v 50 For seeing they be but of wood, and overlaid with gold and with silver, it shall be known hereafter that they are false:
\v 51 and it shall be manifest to all nations and kings that they are no gods, but the works of men’s hands, and that there is no work of God in them.
\v 52 Who then may not know that they are no gods?
\v 53 For neither can they set up a king in a land, nor give rain to men.
\v 54 Neither can they judge their own cause, nor \f + \fr 6:54 \ft Another reading is, \fqa deliver him that is wronged. \f* redress a wrong, being unable: for they are as crows between heaven and earth.
\v 55 For even when fire falls upon the house of gods of wood, or overlaid with gold or with silver, their priests will flee away, and escape, but they themselves shall be burned apart like beams.
\v 56 Moreover they can’t withstand any king or enemies: how should a man then allow or think that they be gods?
\v 57 Neither are those gods of wood, and overlaid with silver or with gold, able to escape either from thieves or robbers.
\v 58 Whose gold, and silver, and garments wherewith they are clothed, they that are strong will take from them, and go away withal: neither shall they be able to help themselves.
\v 59 Therefore it is better to be a king that shows his manhood, or else a vessel in a house profitable for that whereof the owner shall have need, than such false gods; or even a door in a house, to keep the things safe that be therein, than such false gods; or a pillar of wood in a palace, than such false gods.
\v 60 For sun, and moon, and stars, being bright and sent to do their offices, are obedient.
\v 61 Likewise also the lightning when it glitters is fair to see; and after the same manner the wind also blows in every country.
\v 62 And when God commands the clouds to go over the whole world, they do as they are told.
\v 63 And the fire sent from above to consume mountains and woods does as it is commanded: but these are to be likened to them neither in show nor power.
\v 64 Wherefore a man should neither think nor say that they are gods, seeing they are able neither to judge causes, nor to do good to men.
\v 65 Knowing therefore that they are no gods, fear them not.
\v 66 For they can neither curse nor bless kings:
\v 67 neither can they show signs in the heavens among the nations, nor shine as the sun, nor give light as the moon.
\v 68 The beasts are better than they: for they can get under a covert, and help themselves.
\v 69 In no wise then is it manifest to us that they are gods: therefore fear them not.
\v 70 For as a scarecrow in a garden of cucumbers that keeps nothing, so are their gods of wood, and overlaid with gold and with silver.
\v 71 Likewise also their gods of wood, and overlaid with gold and with silver, are like to a white thorn in an orchard, that every bird sits upon; as also to a dead body, that is cast forth into the dark.
\v 72 And you° shall know them to be no gods by the \f + \fr 6:72 \ft Gr. \fqa purple and brightness. \f* bright purple that rots upon them: And they themselves afterward shall be consumed, and shall be a reproach in the country.
\v 73 Better therefore is the just man that has none idols: for he shall be far from reproach.


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\v 1 In the days when the judges judged, there was a famine in the land. A certain man of Bethlehem Judah went to live in the country of Moab with his wife and his two sons.
\v 2 The name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi. The names of his two sons were Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Bethlehem Judah. They came into the country of Moab and lived there.
\v 3 Elimelech, Naomi’s husband, died; and she was left with her two sons.
\v 4 They took for themselves wives of the women of Moab. The name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other was Ruth. They lived there about ten years.
\v 5 Mahlon and Chilion both died, and the woman was bereaved of her two children and of her husband.
\v 6 Then she arose with her daughters-in-law, that she might return from the country of Moab; for she had heard in the country of Moab how Yahweh \f + \fr 1:6 \ft “Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations.\f* had visited his people in giving them bread.
\v 7 She went out of the place where she was, and her two daughters-in-law with her. They went on the way to return to the land of Judah.
\v 8 Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, “Go, return each of you to her mother’s house. May Yahweh deal kindly with you, as you have dealt with the dead and with me.
\v 9 May Yahweh grant you that you may find rest, each of you in the house of her husband.”
\p Then she kissed them, and they lifted up their voices, and wept.
\v 10 They said to her, “No, but we will return with you to your people.”
\p
\v 11 Naomi said, “Go back, my daughters. Why do you want to go with me? Do I still have sons in my womb, that they may be your husbands?
\v 12 Go back, my daughters, go your way; for I am too old to have a husband. If I should say, ‘I have hope,’ if I should even have a husband tonight, and should also bear sons,
\v 13 would you then wait until they were grown? Would you then refrain from having husbands? No, my daughters, for it grieves me seriously for your sakes, for Yahweh’s hand has gone out against me.”
\p
\v 14 They lifted up their voices and wept again; then Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth stayed with her.
\v 15 She said, “Behold,\f + \fr 1:15 \ft “Behold”, from “הִנֵּה”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.\f* your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and to her god. Follow your sister-in-law.”
\p
\v 16 Ruth said, “Don’t urge me to leave you, and to return from following you, for where you go, I will go; and where you stay, I will stay. Your people will be my people, and your God\f + \fr 1:16 \ft The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “אֱלֹהִ֑ים” (Elohim).\f* my God.
\v 17 Where you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. May Yahweh do so to me, and more also, if anything but death parts you and me.”
\p
\v 18 When Naomi saw that she was determined to go with her, she stopped urging her.
\p
\v 19 So they both went until they came to Bethlehem. When they had come to Bethlehem, all the city was excited about them, and they asked, “Is this Naomi?”
\p
\v 20 She said to them, “Don’t call me Naomi.\f + \fr 1:20 \ft “Naomi” means “pleasant”.\f* Call me Mara,\f + \fr 1:20 \ft “Mara” means “bitter”.\f* for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me.
\v 21 I went out full, and Yahweh has brought me home again empty. Why do you call me Naomi, since Yahweh has testified against me, and the Almighty has afflicted me?”
\v 22 So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter-in-law, with her, who returned out of the country of Moab. They came to Bethlehem in the beginning of barley harvest.


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\v 1 Naomi had a relative of her husband’s, a mighty man of wealth, of the family of Elimelech, and his name was Boaz.
\v 2 Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi, “Let me now go to the field, and glean among the ears of grain after him in whose sight I find favor.”
\p She said to her, “Go, my daughter.”
\v 3 She went, and came and gleaned in the field after the reapers; and she happened to come to the portion of the field belonging to Boaz, who was of the family of Elimelech.
\p
\v 4 Behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem, and said to the reapers, “May Yahweh be with you.”
\p They answered him, “May Yahweh bless you.”
\p
\v 5 Then Boaz said to his servant who was set over the reapers, “Whose young lady is this?”
\p
\v 6 The servant who was set over the reapers answered, “It is the Moabite lady who came back with Naomi out of the country of Moab.
\v 7 She said, ‘Please let me glean and gather after the reapers among the sheaves.’ So she came, and has continued even from the morning until now, except that she rested a little in the house.”
\p
\v 8 Then Boaz said to Ruth, “Listen, my daughter. Don’t go to glean in another field, and don’t go from here, but stay here close to my maidens.
\v 9 Let your eyes be on the field that they reap, and go after them. Haven’t I commanded the young men not to touch you? When you are thirsty, go to the vessels, and drink from that which the young men have drawn.”
\p
\v 10 Then she fell on her face and bowed herself to the ground, and said to him, “Why have I found favor in your sight, that you should take knowledge of me, since I am a foreigner?”
\p
\v 11 Boaz answered her, “I have been told all about what you have done for your mother-in-law since the death of your husband, and how you have left your father, your mother, and the land of your birth, and have come to a people that you didn’t know before.
\v 12 May Yahweh repay your work, and a full reward be given to you from Yahweh, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take refuge.”
\p
\v 13 Then she said, “Let me find favor in your sight, my lord, because you have comforted me, and because you have spoken kindly to your servant, though I am not as one of your servants.”
\p
\v 14 At meal time Boaz said to her, “Come here, and eat some bread, and dip your morsel in the vinegar.”
\p She sat beside the reapers, and they passed her parched grain. She ate, was satisfied, and left some of it.
\v 15 When she had risen up to glean, Boaz commanded his young men, saying, “Let her glean even among the sheaves, and don’t reproach her.
\v 16 Also pull out some for her from the bundles, and leave it. Let her glean, and don’t rebuke her.”
\p
\v 17 So she gleaned in the field until evening; and she beat out that which she had gleaned, and it was about an ephah\f + \fr 2:17 \ft 1 ephah is about 22 liters or about 2/3 of a bushel\f* of barley.
\v 18 She took it up, and went into the city. Then her mother-in-law saw what she had gleaned; and she brought out and gave to her that which she had left after she had enough.
\p
\v 19 Her mother-in-law said to her, “Where have you gleaned today? Where have you worked? Blessed be he who noticed you.”
\p She told her mother-in-law with whom she had worked, “The man’s name with whom I worked today is Boaz.”
\v 20 Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, “May he be blessed by Yahweh, who has not abandoned his kindness to the living and to the dead.” Naomi said to her, “The man is a close relative to us, one of our near kinsmen.”
\p
\v 21 Ruth the Moabitess said, “Yes, he said to me, ‘You shall stay close to my young men until they have finished all my harvest.’”
\p
\v 22 Naomi said to Ruth her daughter-in-law, “It is good, my daughter, that you go out with his maidens, and that they not meet you in any other field.”
\v 23 So she stayed close to the maidens of Boaz, to glean to the end of barley harvest and of wheat harvest; and she lived with her mother-in-law.


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\v 1 Naomi her mother-in-law said to her, “My daughter, shall I not seek rest for you, that it may be well with you?
\v 2 Now isn’t Boaz our kinsman, with whose maidens you were? Behold, he will be winnowing barley tonight on the threshing floor.
\v 3 Therefore wash yourself, anoint yourself, get dressed, and go down to the threshing floor; but don’t make yourself known to the man until he has finished eating and drinking.
\v 4 It shall be, when he lies down, that you shall note the place where he is lying. Then you shall go in, uncover his feet, and lay down. Then he will tell you what to do.”
\p
\v 5 She said to her, “All that you say, I will do.”
\v 6 She went down to the threshing floor, and did everything that her mother-in-law told her.
\v 7 When Boaz had eaten and drunk, and his heart was merry, he went to lie down at the end of the heap of grain. She came softly, uncovered his feet, and laid down.
\v 8 At midnight, the man was startled and turned himself; and behold, a woman lay at his feet.
\v 9 He said, “Who are you?”
\p She answered, “I am Ruth your servant. Therefore spread the corner of your garment over your servant; for you are a near kinsman.”
\p
\v 10 He said, “You are blessed by Yahweh, my daughter. You have shown more kindness in the latter end than at the beginning, because you didn’t follow young men, whether poor or rich.
\v 11 Now, my daughter, don’t be afraid. I will do to you all that you say; for all the city of my people knows that you are a worthy woman.
\v 12 Now it is true that I am a near kinsman. However, there is a kinsman nearer than I.
\v 13 Stay this night, and in the morning, if he will perform for you the part of a kinsman, good. Let him do the kinsman’s duty. But if he will not do the duty of a kinsman for you, then I will do the duty of a kinsman for you, as Yahweh lives. Lie down until the morning.”
\p
\v 14 She lay at his feet until the morning, then she rose up before one could discern another. For he said, “Let it not be known that the woman came to the threshing floor.”
\v 15 He said, “Bring the mantle that is on you, and hold it.” She held it; and he measured six measures of barley, and laid it on her; then he went into the city.
\p
\v 16 When she came to her mother-in-law, she said, “How did it go, my daughter?”
\p She told her all that the man had done for her.
\v 17 She said, “He gave me these six measures of barley; for he said, ‘Don’t go empty to your mother-in-law.’”
\p
\v 18 Then she said, “Wait, my daughter, until you know what will happen; for the man will not rest until he has settled this today.”


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\v 1 Now Boaz went up to the gate and sat down there. Behold, the near kinsman of whom Boaz spoke came by. Boaz said to him, “Come over here, friend, and sit down!” He came over, and sat down.
\v 2 Boaz took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, “Sit down here,” and they sat down.
\v 3 He said to the near kinsman, “Naomi, who has come back out of the country of Moab, is selling the parcel of land, which was our brother Elimelech’s.
\v 4 I thought I should tell you, saying, ‘Buy it before those who sit here, and before the elders of my people.’ If you will redeem it, redeem it; but if you will not redeem it, then tell me, that I may know. For there is no one to redeem it besides you; and I am after you.”
\p He said, “I will redeem it.”
\p
\v 5 Then Boaz said, “On the day you buy the field from the hand of Naomi, you must buy it also from Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of the dead, to raise up the name of the dead on his inheritance.”
\p
\v 6 The near kinsman said, “I can’t redeem it for myself, lest I endanger my own inheritance. Take my right of redemption for yourself; for I can’t redeem it.”
\p
\v 7 Now this was the custom in former time in Israel concerning redeeming and concerning exchanging, to confirm all things: a man took off his sandal, and gave it to his neighbor; and this was the way of formalizing transactions in Israel.
\v 8 So the near kinsman said to Boaz, “Buy it for yourself,” then he took off his sandal.
\p
\v 9 Boaz said to the elders and to all the people, “You are witnesses today, that I have bought all that was Elimelech’s, and all that was Chilion’s and Mahlon’s, from the hand of Naomi.
\v 10 Moreover, Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, I have purchased to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead on his inheritance, that the name of the dead may not be cut off from among his brothers and from the gate of his place. You are witnesses today.”
\p
\v 11 All the people who were in the gate, and the elders, said, “We are witnesses. May Yahweh make the woman who has come into your house like Rachel and like Leah, which both built the house of Israel; and treat you worthily in Ephrathah, and be famous in Bethlehem.
\v 12 Let your house be like the house of Perez, whom Tamar bore to Judah, of the offspring\f + \fr 4:12 \ft or, seed\f* which Yahweh will give you by this young woman.”
\p
\v 13 So Boaz took Ruth and she became his wife; and he went in to her, and Yahweh enabled her to conceive, and she bore a son.
\v 14 The women said to Naomi, “Blessed be Yahweh, who has not left you today without a near kinsman. Let his name be famous in Israel.
\v 15 He shall be to you a restorer of life and sustain you in your old age; for your daughter-in-law, who loves you, who is better to you than seven sons, has given birth to him.”
\v 16 Naomi took the child, laid him in her bosom, and became nurse to him.
\v 17 The women, her neighbors, gave him a name, saying, “A son is born to Naomi”. They named him Obed. He is the father of Jesse, the father of David.
\p
\v 18 Now this is the history of the generations of Perez: Perez became the father of Hezron,
\v 19 and Hezron became the father of Ram, and Ram became the father of Amminadab,
\v 20 and Amminadab became the father of Nahshon, and Nahshon became the father of Salmon,
\v 21 and Salmon became the father of Boaz, and Boaz became the father of Obed,
\v 22 and Obed became the father of Jesse, and Jesse became the father of David.


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\ip \bk The First Book of the Maccabees\bk* is recognized as Deuterocanonical Scripture by the Roman Catholic, Greek Orthodox, and Russian Orthodox Churches.


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\v 1 It came to pass, after that Alexander the Macedonian, the son of Philip, who came out of the land of Chittim, and struck Darius king of the Persians and Medes, \add it came to pass, \add* after he had struck him, that he reigned in his stead, in former time, over \f + \fr 1:1 \ft That is, the Greek Empire. Compare 1 Maccabees 1:10 and 1 Maccabees 6:2. \f* Greece.
\v 2 And he fought many battles, and won many strongholds, and killed the kings of the earth,
\v 3 and went through to the ends of the earth, and took spoils of a multitude of nations. And the earth was quiet before him, and he was exalted, and his heart was lifted up,
\v 4 and he gathered together an exceedingly strong army, and ruled over countries and nations and principalities, and they became tributary to him.
\v 5 And after these things he fell sick, and perceived that he should die.
\v 6 And he called his servants, which were honorable, which had been brought up with him from his youth, and he divided to them his kingdom, while he was yet alive.
\v 7 And Alexander reigned twelve years, and he died.
\v 8 And his servants bare rule, each one in his place.
\v 9 And they did all put diadems upon themselves after that he was dead, and so did their sons after them many years: and they multiplied evils in the earth.
\p
\v 10 And there came forth out of them a sinful root, Antiochus Epiphanes, son of Antiochus the king, who had been a hostage at Rome, and he reigned in \f + \fr 1:10 \ft circa B.C. 176. \f* the hundred and thirty and seventh year of the kingdom of the Greeks.
\p
\v 11 In those days came there forth out of Israel transgressors of the law, and persuaded many, saying, let’s go and make a covenant with the \f + \fr 1:11 \ft Or, \fqa nations: \ft and so throughout this book. \f* Gentiles that are round about us; for since we were parted from them many evils have befallen us.
\v 12 And the saying was good in their eyes.
\v 13 And certain of the people were forward \add herein \add* and went to the king, and he gave them licence to do after the ordinances of the \f + \fr 1:13 \ft Or, \fqa nations: \ft and so throughout this book. \f* Gentiles.
\v 14 And \f + \fr 1:14 \ft See 2 Maccabees 4:9, 12. \f* they built a place of exercise in Jerusalem according to the laws of the \f + \fr 1:14 \ft Or, \fqa nations: \ft and so throughout this book. \f* Gentiles;
\v 15 and they made themselves uncircumcised, and forsook the holy covenant, and joined themselves to the \f + \fr 1:15 \ft Or, \fqa nations: \ft and so throughout this book \f* Gentiles, and sold themselves to do evil.
\p
\v 16 And the kingdom was well ordered in the sight of Antiochus, and he thought to reign over Egypt, that he might reign over the two kingdoms.
\v 17 And he entered into Egypt with a \f + \fr 1:17 \ft Gr. \fqa heavy. \f* great multitude, with chariots, and with elephants, and with horsemen, and with a great \f + \fr 1:17 \ft Or, \fqa armament \f* navy;
\v 18 and he made war against Ptolemy king of Egypt; and Ptolemy was put to shame before him, and fled; and many fell wounded to death.
\v 19 And they got possession of the strong cities in the land of Egypt; and he took the spoils of Egypt.
\p
\v 20 And Antiochus, after he had struck Egypt, returned in \f + \fr 1:20 \ft circa B.C. 170. See 2 Maccabees 5:11-16. \f* the hundred and forty and third year, and went up against Israel and Jerusalem with a \f + \fr 1:20 \ft Gr. \fqa heavy. \f* great multitude,
\v 21 and entered presumptuously into the sanctuary, and took the golden altar, and the candlestick of the light, and all that pertained thereto,
\v 22 and the table of the show bread, and the cups to pour withal, and the bowls, and the golden censers, and the veil, and the crowns, and the adorning of gold which was on the face of the temple, and he peeled it all off.
\v 23 And he took the silver and the gold and the precious vessels; and he took the hidden treasures which he found.
\v 24 And when he had taken all, he went away into his own land, and he made a great slaughter, and spoke very presumptuously.
\v 25 And there came great mourning upon Israel, in every place where they were;
\v 26 and the rulers and elders groaned, the virgins and young men were made feeble, and the beauty of the women was changed.
\v 27 Every bridegroom took up lamentation, she that sat in the marriage chamber was in heaviness.
\v 28 And the land was moved for the inhabitants thereof, and all the house of Jacob was clothed with shame.
\p
\v 29 And \f + \fr 1:29 \ft See 2 Maccabees 5:24. \f* after \f + \fr 1:29 \ft Gr. \fqa two years of days. \f* two full years the king sent a chief collector of tribute to the cities of Judah, and he came to Jerusalem with a \f + \fr 1:29 \ft Gr. \fqa heavy. \f* great multitude.
\v 30 And he spoke words of peace to them in subtlety, and they gave him credence: and he fell upon the city suddenly, and struck it very sore, and destroyed much people out of Israel.
\v 31 And he took the spoils of the city, and set it on fire, and pulled down the houses thereof and the walls thereof on every side.
\v 32 And they led captive the women and the children, and the cattle they took in possession.
\v 33 And they built the city of David with a great and strong wall, with strong towers, and it became to them a citadel.
\v 34 And they put there a sinful nation, transgressors of the law, and they strengthened themselves therein.
\v 35 And they stored up arms and food, and gathering together the spoils of Jerusalem, they laid them up there, and they became a sore snare:
\v 36 and it became a place to lie in wait in against the sanctuary, and an evil adversary to Israel continually.
\v 37 And they shed innocent blood on every side of the sanctuary, and defiled the sanctuary.
\v 38 And the inhabitants of Jerusalem fled because of them; and she became a habitation of strangers, and she became strange to those who were born in her, and her children forsook her.
\v 39 Her sanctuary was laid waste like a wilderness, \f + \fr 1:39 \ft See 2 Maccabees 6:6. \f* her feasts were turned into mourning, her Sabbaths into reproach, her honor into contempt.
\v 40 According to her glory, so was her dishonor multiplied, and her high estate was turned into mourning.
\p
\v 41 And king Antiochus wrote to his whole kingdom, that all should be one people,
\v 42 and that each should forsake his own laws. And all the nations agreed according to the word of the king;
\v 43 and many of Israel consented to his worship, and sacrificed to the idols, and profaned the Sabbath.
\v 44 And the king sent letters by the hand of messengers to Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, that they should follow laws strange to the land,
\v 45 and should forbid whole burnt offerings and sacrifice and drink offerings in the sanctuary; and should profane the Sabbaths and feasts,
\v 46 and pollute the sanctuary and those who were holy;
\v 47 that they should build altars, and temples, and shrines for idols, and should sacrifice swine’s flesh and unclean beasts:
\v 48 and that they should leave their sons uncircumcised, that they should make their souls abominable with all manner of uncleanness and profanation;
\v 49 so that they might forget the law, and change all the ordinances.
\v 50 And whoever shall not do according to the word of the king, he shall die.
\v 51 According to all these words wrote he to his whole kingdom; and he appointed overseers over all the people, and he commanded the cities of Judah to sacrifice, city by city.
\v 52 And from the people were gathered together to them many, every one that had forsaken the law; and they did evil things in the land;
\v 53 and they made israel to hide themselves in every place of refuge which they had.
\p
\v 54 And on the fifteenth day of Chislev, in \f + \fr 1:54 \ft circa B.C. 168. See 2 Maccabees 5:11. \f* the hundred and forty and fifth year, they built an abomination of desolation upon the \f + \fr 1:54 \ft The two words rendered \fqa altar \ft are different in the Greek: and so in 1 Maccabees 1:59. \f* altar, and in the cities of Judah on every side they built \add idol \add* \f + \fr 1:54 \ft The two words rendered \fqa altar \ft are different in the Greek: and so in 1 Maccabees 1:59. \f* altars.
\v 55 And at the doors of the houses and in the streets they burned incense.
\v 56 And they tore in pieces the books of the law which they found, and set them on fire.
\v 57 And wherever was found with any a book of the covenant, and if any consented to the law, the king’s sentence delivered him to death.
\v 58 Thus did they in their might to Israel, to those that were found month by month in the cities.
\v 59 And on the five and twentieth day of the month they sacrificed upon the \add idol \add* \f + \fr 1:59 \ft The two words rendered \fqa altar \ft are different in the Greek: and so in 1 Maccabees 1:59. \f* altar \add of God. \add*
\v 60 And \f + \fr 1:60 \ft See 2 Maccabees 6:10.\f* the women that had circumcised their children they put to death according to the commandment.
\v 61 And they hanged their babes about their necks, and \add destroyed \add* their houses, and those who had circumcised them.
\v 62 And many in Israel were fully resolved and confirmed in themselves not to eat unclean things.
\v 63 And \f + \fr 1:63 \ft See 2 Maccabees 6:19 and 7:1, etc. \f* they chose to die, that they might not be defiled with the meats, and that they might not profane the holy covenant: and they died.
\v 64 And there came exceedingly great wrath upon Israel.


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\v 1 And in \f + \fr 10:1 \ft circa B.C. 153. \f* the hundred and sixties year Alexander Epiphanes, the son of Antiochus, went up and took possession of Ptolemais: and they received him, and he reigned there.
\v 2 And king Demetrius heard thereof, and he gathered together exceedingly great forces, and went forth to meet him in battle.
\p
\v 3 And Demetrius sent letters to Jonathan with words of peace, so as to magnify him.
\v 4 For he said, let’s go beforehand to make peace with them, before he makes peace with Alexander against us:
\v 5 for he will remember all the evils that we have done against him, and to his kindred and to his nation.
\v 6 And he gave him authority to gather together forces, and to provide arms, and that he should be his ally: and he commanded that they should deliver up to him the hostages that were in the citadel.
\p
\v 7 And Jonathan came to Jerusalem, and read the letters in the audience of all the people, and of those who were in the citadel:
\v 8 and they were sore afraid, when they heard that the king had given him authority to gather together an army.
\v 9 And they of the citadel delivered up the hostages to Jonathan, and he restored them to their parents.
\v 10 And Jonathan lived in Jerusalem, and began to build and renew the city.
\v 11 And he commanded those who did the work to build the walls and the mount Sion round about with \f + \fr 10:11 \ft So the versions and Josephus. Gr. \fqa four-foot stones. \f* square stones for defense; and they did so.
\v 12 And the strangers, that were in the strongholds which Bacchides had built, fled away;
\v 13 and each man left his place, and departed into his own land.
\v 14 Only at Bethsura were there left certain of those that had forsaken the law and the commandments; for it was a place of refuge to them.
\p
\v 15 And king Alexander heard all the promises which Demetrius had sent to Jonathan: and they told him of the battles and the valiant deeds which he and his kindred had done, and of the toils which they had endured;
\v 16 And he said, Shall we find such another man? and now we will make him our \f + \fr 10:16 \ft See 1 Maccabees 2:18. Compare 1 Maccabees 10:65. \f* Friend and ally.
\v 17 And he wrote letters, and sent them to him, according to these words, saying,
\v 18 King Alexander to his brother Jonathan, greeting:
\v 19 We have heard of you, that you are a mighty man of valour, and meet to be our \f + \fr 10:19 \ft See 1 Maccabees 2:18. Compare 1 Maccabees 10:65. \f* Friend.
\v 20 And now we have appointed you this day to be high priest of your nation, and to be called the king’s \f + \fr 10:20 \ft See 1 Maccabees 2:18. Compare 1 Maccabees 10:65. \f* Friend (and he sent to him a purple robe and a crown of gold), and to take our part, and to keep friendship with us.
\p
\v 21 And Jonathan put on the holy garments in the seventh month of \f + \fr 10:21 \ft circa B.C. 153. \f* the hundred and sixties year, at the feast of tabernacles, and he gathered together forces, and provided arms in abundance.
\p
\v 22 And Demetrius heard these things, and he was grieved, and said,
\v 23 What is this that we have done, that Alexander has been beforehand with us in establishing friendship with the Jews, to strengthen himself?
\v 24 I also will write to them words of encouragement and of honor and of gifts, that they may be with me to aid me.
\v 25 And he sent to them according to these words:
\p King Demetrius to the nation of the Jews, greeting:
\v 26 Forasmuch as you° have kept your covenants with us, and continued in our friendship, and have not joined yourselves to our enemies, we have heard of this, and are glad.
\v 27 And now continue you° still to keep faith with us, and we will recompense to you good things in return for your dealings with us,
\v 28 and will grant you many immunities, and give you gifts.
\v 29 And now do I free you, and release all the Jews, from the tributes, and from the customs of salt, and from the crowns.
\v 30 And instead of the third part of the seed, and instead of the half of the fruit of the trees, which falls to me to receive, I release it from this day and henceforth, so that I will not take it from the land of Judah, and from the three governments which are added thereto from the country of Samaria and Galilee, from this day forth and for all time.
\v 31 And let Jerusalem be holy and free, and her borders; the tenths and the tolls \add also. \add*
\v 32 I yield up also my authority over the citadel which is at Jerusalem, and give it to the high priest, that he may appoint in it such men as he shall choose to keep it.
\v 33 And every soul of the Jews, that has been carried captive from the land of Judah into any part of my kingdom, I set at liberty without price; and let all remit the tributes of their cattle also.
\v 34 And all the feasts, and the Sabbaths, and new moons, and appointed days, and three days before a feast, and three days after a feast, let them all be days of immunity and release for all the Jews that are in my kingdom.
\v 35 And no man shall have authority to exact from any of them, or to trouble them concerning any matter.
\v 36 And let there be enrolled among the king’s forces about thirty thousand men of the Jews, and pay shall be given to them, as belongs to all the king’s forces.
\v 37 And of them some shall be placed in the king’s great strongholds, and some of them shall be placed over the affairs of the kingdom, which are of trust: and let those that are over them, and their rulers, be of themselves, and let them walk after their own laws, even as the king has commanded in the land of Judah.
\v 38 And the three governments that have been added to Judea from the country of Samaria, let them be added to Judea, that they may be reckoned to be under one, that they may not obey other authority than the high priest’s.
\v 39 As for Ptolemais, and the land pertaining thereto, I have given it as a gift to the sanctuary that is at Jerusalem, for the expenses that befit the sanctuary.
\v 40 And I give every year fifteen thousand shekels of silver from the king’s revenues from the places that are convenient.
\v 41 And all the overplus, which those who manage the king’s affairs paid not in as in the first years, they shall give from henceforth toward the works of the house.
\v 42 And beside this, the five thousand shekels of silver, which they received from the uses of the sanctuary from the revenue year by year, this also is released, because it appertains to the priests that minister.
\v 43 And whoever shall flee to the temple that is at Jerusalem, and \add be found \add* within all the borders thereof, whether one owe moneys to the king, or any other matter, let them go free, and all that they have in my kingdom.
\v 44 And for the building and renewing of the works of the sanctuary the expense shall be given also out of the king’s revenue.
\v 45 And for the building of the walls of Jerusalem, and the fortifying thereof round about, shall the expense be given also out of the king’s revenue, and for the building of the walls in Judea.
\p
\v 46 Now when Jonathan and the people heard these words, they gave no credence to them, nor received them, because they remembered the great evil which he had done in Israel, and that he had afflicted them very sore.
\v 47 And they were well pleased with Alexander, because he was the first that spoke words of peace to them, and they were allies with him always.
\v 48 And king Alexander gathered together great forces, and encamped near Demetrius.
\v 49 And the two kings joined battle, and the army of Alexander fled; and Demetrius followed after him, and prevailed against them.
\v 50 And he strengthened the battle exceedingly until the sun went down: and Demetrius fell that day.
\p
\v 51 And Alexander sent ambassadors to Ptolemy king of Egypt according to these words, saying,
\v 52 Forasmuch as I am returned to my kingdom, and am set on the throne of my fathers, and have gotten the dominion, and have overthrown Demetrius, and have gotten possession of our country;
\v 53 yes, I joined the battle with him, and he and his army were discomfited by us, and we sat upon the throne of his kingdom:
\v 54 now also let’s make friends with one another, and give me now your daughter to wife: and I will be joined with you, and will give both you and her gifts worthy of you.
\v 55 And Ptolemy the king answered, saying, Happy is the day wherein you did return into the land of your fathers, and did sit on the throne of their kingdom.
\v 56 And now I will do to you, as you have written: but meet me at Ptolemais, that we may see one another; and I will join with you, even as you have said.
\v 57 And Ptolemy went out of Egypt, himself and Cleopatra his daughter, and came to Ptolemais in \f + \fr 10:57 \ft circa B.C. 151. \f* the hundred and threescore and second year:
\v 58 and king Alexander met him, and he bestowed on him his daughter Cleopatra, and celebrated her wedding at Ptolemais with great pomp, as the manner of kings is.
\p
\v 59 And king Alexander wrote to Jonathan, that he should come to meet him.
\v 60 And he went with pomp to Ptolemais, and met the two kings, and gave them and their \f + \fr 10:60 \ft See 1 Maccabees 2:18. Compare 1 Maccabees 10:65. \f* Friends silver and gold, and many gifts, and found favor in their sight.
\v 61 And there were gathered together against him certain pestilent fellows out of Israel, men that were transgressors of the law, to complain against him: and the king gave no heed to them.
\v 62 And the king commanded, and they took off Jonathan’s garments, and clothed him in purple: and thus they did.
\v 63 And the king made him sit with him, and said to his princes, Go forth with him into the midst of the city, and make proclamation, that no man complain against him of any matter, and let no man trouble him for any manner of cause.
\v 64 And it came to pass, when those who complained against him saw his glory according as \add the herald \add* made proclamation, and \add saw \add* him clothed in purple, they all fled away.
\v 65 And the king gave him honor, and wrote him among his \f + \fr 10:65 \ft See 1 Maccabees 11:27; 2 Maccabees 8:9. Compare 1 Maccabees 2:18; 10:16, etc. \f* Chief Friends, and made him a captain, and governor of a province.
\v 66 And Jonathan returned to Jerusalem with peace and gladness.
\p
\v 67 And in \f + \fr 10:67 \ft circa B.C. 148. \f* the hundred and threescore and fifth year came Demetrius, son of Demetrius, out of Crete into the land of his fathers:
\v 68 and king Alexander heard thereof, and he grieved exceedingly, and returned to Antioch.
\v 69 And Demetrius appointed Apollonius, who was over Coelesyria, and he gathered together a great army, and encamped in Jamnia, and sent to Jonathan the high priest, saying,
\p
\v 70 You alone lift up yourself against us, but I am had in derision and in reproach because of you. And why do you vaunt your power against us in the mountains?
\v 71 Now therefore, if you trust in your forces, come down to us into the plain, and there let’s try the matter together; for with me is the power of the cities.
\v 72 Ask and learn who I am, and the rest that help us; and they say, Your foot can’t stand before our face; for your fathers have been twice put to flight in their own land.
\v 73 And now you shall not be able to withstand the horse and such an army as this in the plain, where is neither stone nor flint, nor place to flee to.
\p
\v 74 Now when Jonathan heard the words of Apollonius, he was moved in his mind, and he chose out ten thousand men, and went forth from Jerusalem, and Simon his brother met him for to help him.
\v 75 And he encamped against Joppa: and they of the city shut him out, because Apollonius had a garrison in Joppa:
\v 76 and they fought against it. And they of the city were afraid, and opened to him: and Jonathan became master of Joppa.
\v 77 And Apollonius heard, and he gathered an army of three thousand horse, and a great army, and went to Azotus as though he were on a journey, and therewithal drew onward into the plain, because he had a multitude of horse, and trusted therein.
\v 78 And he pursued after him to Azotus, and the armies joined battle\f + \fr 10:78 \ft Most of the authorities here repeat \fqa after him.\f*.
\v 79 And Apollonius had left a thousand horse behind them privily.
\v 80 And Jonathan knew that there was an ambushment behind him. And they compassed round his army, and cast their darts at the people, from morning until evening:
\v 81 but the people stood still, as Jonathan commanded them: and their horses were wearied.
\v 82 And Simon drew forth his army, and joined battle with the phalanx (for the horsemen were spent), and they were discomfited by him, and fled.
\v 83 And the horsemen were scattered in the plain, and they fled to Azotus, and entered into Beth-dagon, their idol’s temple, to save themselves.
\v 84 And Jonathan burned Azotus, and the cities round about it, and took their spoils; and the temple of Dagon, and those who fled into it, he burned with fire.
\v 85 And those who had fallen by the sword, with those who were burned, were about eight thousand men.
\v 86 And from thence Jonathan removed, and encamped against Ascalon, and they of the city came forth to meet him with great pomp.
\v 87 And Jonathan, with those who were on his side, returned to Jerusalem, having many spoils.
\v 88 And it came to pass, when king Alexander heard these things, he honored Jonathan yet more;
\v 89 and he sent to him a buckle of gold, as the use is to give to such as are of the kindred of the kings: and he gave him Ekron and all the coasts thereof for a possession.


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\v 1 And the king of Egypt gathered together great forces, as the sand which is by the sea shore, and many ships, and sought to make himself master of Alexander’s kingdom by deceit, and to add it to his own kingdom.
\v 2 And he went forth into Syria with words of peace, and they of the cities opened to him, and met him; For king Alexander’s commandment was that they should meet him, because he was his father-in-law.
\v 3 Now as he entered into the cities of Ptolemais, he set his forces for a garrison in each city.
\v 4 But when he came near to Azotus, they showed him the temple of Dagon burned with fire, and Azotus and the pasture lands thereof pulled down, and the bodies cast abroad, and those who had been burned, whom he burned in the war, for they had made heaps of them in his way.
\v 5 And they told the king what things Jonathan had done, that they might cast blame on him: and the king held his peace.
\v 6 And Jonathan met the king with pomp at Joppa, and they saluted one another, and they slept there.
\v 7 And Jonathan went with the king as far as the river that is called Eleutherus, and returned to Jerusalem.
\v 8 But king Ptolemy became master of the cities upon the sea coast, to Selucia which is by the sea, and he devised evil plans concerning Alexander.
\v 9 And he sent ambassadors to king Demetrius, saying, Come! Let’s make a covenant with one another, and I will give you my daughter whom Alexander has, and you shall reign over your father’s kingdom;
\v 10 for I have repented that I gave my daughter to him, for he sought to kill me.
\v 11 And he cast blame on him, because he coveted his kingdom.
\v 12 And taking his daughter from him, he gave her to Demetrius, and was estranged from Alexander, and their enmity was openly seen.
\v 13 And Ptolemy entered into Antioch, and put on himself the diadem of Asia; and he put two diadems upon his head, the diadem of Egypt and that of Asia.
\v 14 But king Alexander was in Cilicia at that season, because they of those parts were in revolt.
\v 15 And Alexander heard of it, and he came against him in war: and Ptolemy led forth \add his army, \add* and met him with a strong force, and put him to flight.
\v 16 And Alexander fled into Arabia, that he might be sheltered there; but king Ptolemy was exalted.
\v 17 And Zabdiel the Arabian took off Alexander’s head, and sent it to Ptolemy.
\v 18 And king Ptolemy died the third day after, and those who were in his strongholds were slain by those who were in the strongholds.
\v 19 And Demetrius reigned in \f + \fr 11:19 \ft circa B.C. 146. \f* the hundred and threescore and seventh year.
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\v 20 In those days Jonathan gathered together them of Judea, to take the citadel that was at Jerusalem: and he made many engines of war against it.
\v 21 And certain that hated their own nation, men that transgressed the law, went to the king, and reported to him that Jonathan was besieging the citadel.
\v 22 And he heard, and was angered; but when he heard it, he set forth immediately, and came to Ptolemais, and wrote to Jonathan, that he should not besiege it, and that he should meet him and speak with him at Ptolemais with all speed.
\v 23 But when Jonathan heard this, he commanded to besiege it \add still: \add* and he chose certain of the elders of Israel and of the priests, and put himself in peril,
\v 24 and taking silver and gold and raiment and various presents besides, went to Ptolemais to the king. And he found favor in his sight.
\v 25 And certain lawless men of those who were of the nation made complaints against him,
\v 26 and the king did to him even as his predecessors had done to him, and exalted him in the sight of all his \f + \fr 11:26 \ft See 1 Maccabees 2:18. \f* Friends,
\v 27 and confirmed to him the high priesthood, and all the other honors that he had before, and gave him preeminence among his \f + \fr 11:27 \ft See 1 Maccabees 10:65. \f* Chief Friends.
\v 28 And Jonathan requested of the king, that he would make Judea free from tribute, and the three \f + \fr 11:28 \ft Gr. \fqa toparchies \f* provinces, and the country of Samaria; and promised him three hundred talents.
\v 29 And the king consented, and wrote letters to Jonathan concerning all these things after this manner:
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\v 30 King Demetrius to his brother Jonathan, and to the nation of the Jews, greeting:
\v 31 The copy of the letter which we wrote to Lasthenes our kinsman concerning you, we have written also to you, that you° may see it.
\v 32 King Demetrius to Lasthenes his father, greeting:
\v 33 We have determined to do good to the nation of the Jews, who are our friends, and observe what is just toward us, because of their good will toward us.
\v 34 We have confirmed therefore to them the borders of Judea, and also the three governments of Aphaerema and Lydda and Ramathaim (\add these \add* were added to Judea from the country of Samaria), and all things appertaining to them, for all such as do sacrifice in Jerusalem, instead of the king’s dues which the king received of them yearly aforetime from the produce of the earth and the fruits of trees.
\v 35 And as for the other things that pertain to us from henceforth, of the tenths and the tolls that pertain to us, and the salt pits, and the crowns that pertain to us, all these we will bestow upon them.
\v 36 And not one of these things shall be annulled from this time forth and forever.
\v 37 Now therefore be careful to make a copy of these things, and let it be given to Jonathan, and let it be set up on the holy mount in a meet and conspicuous place.
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\v 38 And king Demetrius saw that the land was quiet before him, and that no resistance was made to him, and he sent away all his forces, each man to his own place, except the foreign forces, which he had raised from the isles of the Gentiles: and all the forces of his fathers hated him.
\v 39 Now Tryphon was of those who aforetime had been of Alexander’s part, and he saw that all the forces murmured against Demetrius, and he went to Imalcue the Arabian, who was nourishing up Antiochus the young child of Alexander,
\v 40 and pressed sore upon him that he should deliver him to him, that he might reign in his father’s stead: and he told him all that Demetrius had done, and the hatred wherewith his forces hated him; and he abode there many days.
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\v 41 And Jonathan sent to king Demetrius, that he should cast out of Jerusalem them of the citadel, and those who were in the strongholds; for they fought against Israel continually.
\v 42 And Demetrius sent to Jonathan, saying, I will not only do this for you and your nation, but I will greatly honor you and your nation, if I find fair occasion.
\v 43 Now therefore you shall do well, if you send me men who shall fight for me; for all my forces are revolted.
\v 44 And Jonathan sent him three thousand valiant men to Antioch: and they came to the king, and the king was glad at their coming.
\v 45 And they of the city gathered themselves together into the midst of the city, to the number of a hundred and twenty thousand men, and they were minded to kill the king.
\v 46 And the king fled into the court of the palace, and they of the city seized the passages of the city, and began to fight.
\v 47 And the king called the Jews to help him, and they were gathered together to him all at once, and they dispersed themselves in the city, and killed that day to the number of a hundred thousand.
\v 48 And they set the city on fire, and got many spoils that day, and saved the king.
\v 49 And they of the city saw that the Jews had made themselves masters of the city as they would, and they waxed faint in their hearts, and they cried out to the king with supplication, saying,
\v 50 Give us your right hand, and let the Jews cease from fighting against us and the city.
\v 51 And they cast away their arms, and made peace; and the Jews were glorified in the sight of the king, and before all that were in his kingdom; and they returned to Jerusalem, having many spoils.
\v 52 And king Demetrius sat on the throne of his kingdom, and the land was quiet before him.
\v 53 And he lied in all that he spoke, and estranged himself from Jonathan, and recompensed him not according to the benefits with which he had recompensed him, and afflicted him exceedingly.
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\v 54 Now after this Tryphon returned, and with him the young child Antiochus; and he reigned, and put on a diadem.
\v 55 And there were gathered to him all the forces which Demetrius had sent away with disgrace, and they fought against him, and he fled and was put to the rout.
\v 56 And Tryphon took the elephants, and became master of Antioch.
\v 57 And the young Antiochus wrote to Jonathan, saying, I confirm to you the high priesthood, and appoint you over the four governments, and to be one of the king’s \f + \fr 11:57 \ft See 1 Maccabees 2:18. \f* Friends.
\v 58 And he sent to him golden vessels and furniture for the table, and gave him leave to drink in golden vessels, and to be clothed in purple, and to have a golden buckle.
\v 59 And his brother Simon he made captain from the Ladder of Tyre to the borders of Egypt.
\v 60 And Jonathan went forth, and took his journey beyond the river and through the cities; and all the forces of Syria gathered themselves to him for to be his allies. And he came to Ascalon, and they of the city met him honorably.
\v 61 And he departed thence to Gaza, and they of Gaza shut him out; and he laid siege to it, and burned the pasture lands thereof with fire, and plundered them.
\v 62 And they of Gaza made request to Jonathan, and he gave them his right hand, and took the sons of their princes for hostages, and sent them away to Jerusalem; and he passed through the country as far as Damascus.
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\v 63 And Jonathan heard that Demetrius’ princes were come to Kedesh, which is in Galilee, with a great army, purposing to remove him from his office;
\v 64 and he went to meet them, but Simon his brother he left in the country.
\v 65 And Simon encamped against Bethsura, and fought against it many days, and shut it up:
\v 66 and they made request to him that he would give them his right hand, and he gave it to them; and he put them out from thence, and took possession of the city, and set a garrison over it.
\v 67 And Jonathan and his army encamped at the water of Gennesareth, and early in the morning they got them to the plain of Hazor.
\v 68 And, behold, an army of strangers met him in the plain, and they laid an ambush for him in the mountains, but themselves met him face to face.
\v 69 But those who lay in ambush rose out of their places, and joined battle; and all those who were of Jonathan’s side fled:
\v 70 not one of them was left, except Mattathias the son of Absalom, and Judas the son of Chalphi, captains of the forces.
\v 71 And Jonathan tore his clothes, and put earth upon his head, and prayed.
\v 72 And he turned again to them in battle, and put them to the rout, and they fled.
\v 73 And they of his side that fled saw it, and returned to him, and pursued with him to Kedesh to their camp, and they encamped there.
\v 74 And there fell of the strangers on that day about three thousand men: and Jonathan returned to Jerusalem.


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\v 1 And Jonathan saw that the time served him, and he chose men, and sent them to Rome, to confirm and renew the friendship that they had with them.
\v 2 And to the Spartans, and to other places, he sent letters after the same manner.
\v 3 And they went to Rome, and entered into the senate house, and said, Jonathan the high priest, and the nation of the Jews, have sent us, to renew for them the friendship and the confederacy, as in former time.
\v 4 And they gave them letters to the men in every place, that they should bring them on their way to the land of Judah in peace.
\v 5 And this is the copy of the letters which Jonathan wrote to the Spartans:
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\v 6 Jonathan the high priest, and the senate of the nation, and the priests, and the rest of the people of the Jews, to their kindred the Spartans, greeting:
\v 7 Even before this time were letters sent to Onias the high priest from \f + \fr 12:7 \ft So the old Latin versions and Josephus: compare also ver. 20. All the other authorities read \fqa Darius \ft in this place. \f* Arius, who was reigning among you, to signify that you° are our kindred, as the copy written below shows.
\v 8 And Onias entreated honorably the man that was sent, and received the letters, wherein declaration was made of confederacy and friendship.
\v 9 Therefore we also, albeit we need none of these things, having for our encouragement the holy books which are in our hands,
\v 10 have assayed to send that we might renew our brotherhood and friendship with you, to the end that we should not become estranged from you altogether: for long time is passed since you° sent to us.
\v 11 We therefore at all times without ceasing, both in our feasts, and on the other convenient days, do remember you in the sacrifices which we offer, and in our prayers, as it is right and meet to be mindful of kindred:
\v 12 and moreover are glad for your glory.
\v 13 But as for ourselves, many afflictions and many wars have encompassed us, and the kings that are round about us have fought against us.
\v 14 We were not minded therefore to be troublesome to you, and to the rest of our allies and friends, in these wars;
\v 15 for we have the help which is from heaven to help us, and we have been delivered from our enemies, and our enemies have been brought low.
\v 16 We chose therefore Numenius the son of Antiochus, and Antipater the son of Jason, and have sent them to the Romans, to renew the friendship that we had with them, and the former confederacy.
\v 17 We commanded them therefore to go also to you, and to salute you, and to deliver you our letters concerning the renewing \add of friendship \add* and our brotherhood.
\v 18 And now you° shall do well if you° give us an answer thereto.
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\v 19 And this is the copy of the letters which they sent to Onias:
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\v 20 Arius king of the Spartans to Onias the chief priest, greeting:
\v 21 It has been found in writing, concerning the Spartans and the Jews, that they are kindred, and that they are of the stock of Abraham:
\v 22 and now, since this is come to our knowledge, you° shall do well to write to us of your \f + \fr 12:22 \ft Gr. \fqa peace \f* prosperity.
\v 23 And we moreover do write on our part to you, that your cattle and goods are ours, and ours are yours. We do command therefore that they make report to you on this wise.
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\v 24 And Jonathan heard that Demetrius’ princes were returned to fight against him with a greater army than before,
\v 25 and he removed from Jerusalem, and met them in the country of Hamath; for he gave them no respite to set foot in his country.
\v 26 And he sent spies into his camp, and they came again, and reported to him that they were appointed in such and such a way to fall upon them in the night season.
\v 27 But as soon as the sun was down, Jonathan commanded his men to watch, and to be in arms, that all the night long they might be ready for battle: and he put forth sentinels round about the camp.
\v 28 And the adversaries heard that Jonathan and his men were ready for battle, and they feared, and trembled in their hearts, and they kindled fires in their camp \f + \fr 12:28 \ft Some authorities add \fqa and departed. \f*
\v 29 But Jonathan and his men knew it not till the morning; for they saw the lights burning.
\v 30 And Jonathan pursued after them, and overtook them not; for they were gone over the river Eleutherus.
\v 31 And Jonathan turned toward the Arabians, who are called Zabadaeans, and struck them, and took their spoils.
\v 32 And he came out from thence, and came to Damascus, and took his journey through all the country.
\v 33 And Simon went forth, and took his journey as far as Ascalon, and the strongholds that were near to it. And he turned toward Joppa, and took possession of it;
\v 34 for he had heard that they were minded to deliver the stronghold to the men of Demetrius; and he set a garrison there to keep it.
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\v 35 And Jonathan returned, and called the elders of the people together; and he took counsel with them to build strongholds in Judea,
\v 36 and to make the walls of Jerusalem higher, and to raise a great mound between the citadel and the city, for to separate it from the city, that so it might be all alone, that men might neither buy nor sell.
\v 37 And they were gathered together to build the city, and there fell down part of the wall of the brook that is on the east side, and he repaired that which is called Chaphenatha.
\v 38 And Simon also built Adida in the \f + \fr 12:38 \ft Gr. \fqa Sephela. \f* plain country, and made it strong, and set up gates and bars.
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\v 39 And Tryphon sought to reign over Asia and to put on himself the diadem, and to stretch forth his hand against Antiochus the king.
\v 40 And he was afraid lest perhaps Jonathan should not suffer him, and lest he should fight against him; and he sought a way how to take him, that he might destroy him. And he removed, and came to Bethshan.
\v 41 And Jonathan came forth to meet him with forty thousand men chosen for battle, and came to Bethshan.
\v 42 And Tryphon saw that he came with a great army, and he was afraid to stretch forth his hand against him:
\v 43 and he received him honorably, and commended him to all his \f + \fr 12:43 \ft See 1 Maccabees 2:18. \f* Friends, and gave him gifts, and commanded his forces to be obedient to him, as to himself.
\v 44 And he said to Jonathan, Why have you put all this people to trouble, seeing there is no war between us?
\v 45 And now send them away to their homes, but choose for yourself a few men who shall be with you, and come you with me to Ptolemais, and I will give it up to you, and the rest of the strongholds and the rest of the forces, and all the king’s officers: and I will return and depart; for this is the cause of my coming.
\v 46 And he put his trust in him, and did even as he said, and sent away his forces, and they departed into the land of Judah.
\v 47 But he reserved to himself three thousand men, of whom he left two thousand in Galilee, but one thousand went with him.
\v 48 Now as soon as Jonathan entered into Ptolemais, they of Ptolemais shut the gates, and laid hands on him; and all those who came in with him they killed with the sword.
\v 49 And Tryphon sent forces and horsemen into Galilee, and into the great plain, to destroy all Jonathan’s men.
\v 50 And they perceived that he was taken and had perished, and those who were with him; and they encouraged one another, and went on their way close together, prepared to fight.
\v 51 And those who followed upon them saw that they were ready to fight for their lives, and turned back again.
\v 52 And they all came in peace into the land of Judah, and they mourned for Jonathan, and those who were with him, and they were sore afraid; and all Israel mourned with a great mourning.
\v 53 And all the Gentiles that were round about them sought to destroy them utterly: for they said, They have no ruler, nor any to help them: now therefore let’s fight against them, and take away their memorial from among men.


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\v 1 And Simon heard that Tryphon had gathered together a mighty army to come into the land of Judah, and destroy it utterly.
\v 2 And he saw that the people trembled and was in great fear; and he went up to Jerusalem, and gathered the people together;
\v 3 and he encouraged them, and said to them, You° yourselves know all the things that I, and my kindred, and my father’s house, have done for the laws and the sanctuary, and the battles and the distresses which we have seen:
\v 4 by reason of this all my kindred have perished for Israel’s sake, and I am left alone.
\v 5 And now be it far from me, that I should spare my own life in any time of affliction; for I am not better than my kindred.
\v 6 However I will take vengeance for my nation, and for the sanctuary, and for our wives and children; because all the Gentiles are gathered to destroy us of very hatred.
\v 7 And the spirit of the people revived, as soon as they heard these words.
\v 8 And they answered with a loud voice, saying, You are our leader instead of Judas and Jonathan your brother.
\v 9 Fight you our battles, and all that you shall say to us, that will we do.
\v 10 And he gathered together all the men of war, and made haste to finish the walls of Jerusalem, and he fortified it round about.
\v 11 And he sent Jonathan the son of Absalom, and with him a great army, to Joppa: and he cast out those who were therein, and abode there in it.
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\v 12 And Tryphon removed from Ptolemais with a mighty army to enter into the land of Judah, and Jonathan was with him in ward.
\v 13 But Simon encamped at Adida, near the plain.
\v 14 And Tryphon knew that Simon was risen up instead of his brother Jonathan, and meant to join battle with him, and he sent ambassadors to him, saying,
\v 15 It is for money which Jonathan your brother owed to the king’s treasure, by reason of the offices which he had, that we hold him fast.
\v 16 And now send a hundred talents of silver, and two of his sons for hostages, that when he is set at liberty he may not revolt from us, and we will set him at liberty.
\v 17 And Simon knew that they spoke to him deceitfully; and he sends the money and the children, lest perhaps he should procure to himself great hatred of the people,
\v 18 and they should say, Because I sent him not the money and the children, he perished.
\v 19 And he sent the children and the hundred talents. And he dealt falsely, and didn’t set Jonathan at liberty.
\v 20 And after this Tryphon came to invade the land, and destroy it, and he went round about by the way that leads to Adora: and Simon and his army marched near him to every place, wherever he went.
\v 21 Now they of the citadel sent to Tryphon ambassadors, hastening him to come to them through the wilderness, and to send them food.
\v 22 And Tryphon made ready all his horse to come: and on that night there fell a very great snow, and he came not by reason of the snow. And he removed, and came into the country of Gilead.
\v 23 But when he came near to Bascama, he killed Jonathan, and he was buried there.
\v 24 And Tryphon returned, and went away into his own land.
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\v 25 And Simon sent, and took the bones of Jonathan his brother, and buried him at Modin, the city of his fathers.
\v 26 And all Israel made great lamentation over him, and mourned for him many days.
\v 27 And Simon built \add a monument \add* upon the sepulchre of his father and his kindred, and raised it aloft to the sight, with polished stone behind and before.
\v 28 And he set up seven pyramids, one near another, for his father, and his mother, and his four kindred.
\v 29 And for these he made cunning devices, setting about them great pillars, and upon the pillars he fashioned \f + \fr 13:29 \ft Gr. \fqa panoplies. \f* all manner of arms for a perpetual memory, and beside the \f + \fr 13:29 \ft Gr. \fqa panoplies. \f* arms ships carved, that they should be seen of all that sail on the sea.
\v 30 This is the sepulchre which he made at Modin, \add and it is there \add* to this day.
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\v 31 Now Tryphon dealt deceitfully with the young king Antiochus, and killed him,
\v 32 and reigned in his stead, and put on himself the diadem of Asia, and brought a great calamity upon the land.
\v 33 And Simon built the strongholds of Judea, and fenced them about with high towers, and great walls, and gates, and bars; and he laid up food in the strongholds.
\v 34 And Simon chose men, and sent to king Demetrius, to the end he should give the country an immunity, because all that Tryphon did was to plunder.
\v 35 And king Demetrius sent to him according to these words, and answered him, and wrote a letter to him, after this manner:
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\v 36 King Demetrius to Simon the high priest and \f + \fr 13:36 \ft See 1 Maccabees 2:18. \f* Friend of kings, and to the elders and nation of the Jews, greeting:
\v 37 The golden crown, and the palm branch, which you° sent, we have received: and we are ready to make a \f + \fr 13:37 \ft Gr. \fqa great. \f* steadfast peace with you, yes, and to write to our officers, to grant immunities to you.
\v 38 And whatever things we confirmed to you, they are confirmed; and the strongholds, which you° have built, let them be your own.
\v 39 As for any oversights and faults committed to this day, we forgive them, and the crown which you° owed us: and if there were any other toll exacted in Jerusalem, let it be exacted no longer.
\v 40 And if there be any among you meet to be enrolled in our court, let them be enrolled, and let there be peace between us.
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\v 41 In \f + \fr 13:41 \ft circa B.C. 143. \f* the hundred and seventies year was the yoke of the heathen taken away from Israel.
\v 42 And the people began to write in their instruments and contracts, In the first year of Simon, the great high priest and captain and leader of the Jews.
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\v 43 In those days he encamped against \f + \fr 13:43 \ft See 1 Maccabees 13:53 (compare 1 Maccabees 13:48); 1 Maccabees 14:7, 34; 15:28; 16:1: also Josephus. All the authorities read \fqa Gaza \ft in this verse. \f* Gazara, and compassed it round about with armies; and he made an engine of siege, and brought it up to the city, and struck a tower, and took it.
\v 44 And those who were in the engine leaped forth into the city; and there was a great uproar in the city:
\v 45 and they of the city tore their clothes, and went up on the walls with their wives and children, and cried with a loud voice, making request to Simon to give them \f + \fr 13:45 \ft Gr. \fqa right hands. \f* his right hand.
\v 46 And they said, Deal not with us according to our wickednesses, but according to your mercy.
\v 47 And Simon was reconciled to them, and didn’t fight against them: and he put them out of the city, and cleansed the houses wherein the idols were, and so entered into it with singing and giving praise.
\v 48 And he put all uncleanness out of it, and placed in it such men as would keep the law, and made it stronger than it was before, and built therein a dwelling place for himself.
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\v 49 But they of the citadel in Jerusalem were hindered from going forth, and from going into the country, and from buying and selling; and they hungered exceedingly, and a great number of them perished through famine.
\v 50 And they cried out to Simon, that he should give them his right hand; and he gave it to them: and he put them out from thence, and he cleansed the citadel from its pollutions.
\v 51 And he entered into it on the three and twentieth day of the second month, in \f + \fr 13:51 \ft circa B.C. 142. \f* the hundred and seventy and first year, with praise and palm branches, and with harps, and with cymbals, and with viols, and with hymns, and with songs: because a great enemy was destroyed out of Israel.
\v 52 And he ordained that they should keep that day every year with gladness. And the hill of the temple that was by the citadel he made stronger than before, and there he lived, himself and his men.
\v 53 And Simon saw that John his son was a \add valiant \add* man, and he made him leader of all his forces: and he lived in Gazara.


