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Since the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* of our \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w* <i>have</i> we <i>been</i> in a \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w trespass|strong="H0819"\w* unto this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*; and for our \w iniquities|strong="H5771"\w* have we, our \w kings|strong="H4428"\w*, <i>and</i> our \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*, been \w delivered|strong="H5414"\w* into the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of the \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* of the \w lands|strong="H0776"\w*, to the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*, to \w captivity|strong="H7628"\w*, and to a \w spoil|strong="H0961"\w*, and to \w confusion|strong="H1322"\w* of \w face|strong="H6440"\w*, as <i>it is</i> this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.


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And now for a \w little|strong="H4592"\w* \w space|strong="H7281"\w* \w grace|strong="H8467"\w* hath been <i>shewed</i> from the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* our \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, to \w leave|strong="H7604"\w* us a remnant to \w escape|strong="H6413"\w*, and to \w give|strong="H5414"\w* us a \w nail|strong="H3489"\w* in his \w holy|strong="H6944"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w*, that our \w God|strong="H0430"\w* may \w lighten|strong="H0215"\w* our \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*, and \w give|strong="H5414"\w* us a \w little|strong="H4592"\w* \w reviving|strong="H4241"\w* in our \w bondage|strong="H5659"\w*.<n>space: Heb. moment</n><n>a nail: or, a pin: that is, a constant and sure abode</n>


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For we <i>were</i> \w bondmen|strong="H5650"\w*; yet our \w God|strong="H0430"\w* hath not \w forsaken|strong="H5800"\w* us in our \w bondage|strong="H5659"\w*, but hath \w extended|strong="H5186"\w* \w mercy|strong="H2617"\w* unto us in the \w sight|strong="H6440"\w* of the \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Persia|strong="H6539"\w*, to \w give|strong="H5414"\w* us a \w reviving|strong="H4241"\w*, to set \w up|strong="H7311"\w* the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of our \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, and to \w repair|strong="H5975"\w* the \w desolations|strong="H2723"\w* thereof, and to \w give|strong="H5414"\w* us a \w wall|strong="H1447"\w* in \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* and in \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.<n>to repair: Heb. to set up</n>


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And now, O our \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, what shall we \w say|strong="H0559"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* this? for we have \w forsaken|strong="H5800"\w* thy \w commandments|strong="H4687"\w*,


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Which thou hast \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w by|strong="H3027"\w* thy \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* the \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, The \w land|strong="H0776"\w*, unto which ye \w go|strong="H0935"\w* to \w possess|strong="H3423"\w* it, is an \w unclean|strong="H5079"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w* with the \w filthiness|strong="H5079"\w* of the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* of the \w lands|strong="H0776"\w*, with their \w abominations|strong="H8441"\w*, which have \w filled|strong="H4390"\w* it from one \w end|strong="H6310"\w* to \w another|strong="H6310"\w* with their \w uncleanness|strong="H2932"\w*.<n>by: Heb. by the hand of</n><n>from…: Heb. from mouth to mouth</n>


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Now therefore \w give|strong="H5414"\w* not your \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w* unto their \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*, neither \w take|strong="H5375"\w* their \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w* unto your \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*, nor \w seek|strong="H1875"\w* their \w peace|strong="H7965"\w* or their \w wealth|strong="H2896"\w* \w for|strong="H5704"\w* \w ever|strong="H5769"\w*: that ye may be \w strong|strong="H2388"\w*, and \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* the \w good|strong="H2898"\w* of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*, and leave <i>it</i> for an \w inheritance|strong="H3423"\w* to your \w children|strong="H1121"\w* for \w ever|strong="H5769"\w*.


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And \w after|strong="H0310"\w* all that is \w come|strong="H0935"\w* upon us for our \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w deeds|strong="H4639"\w*, and for our \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w trespass|strong="H0819"\w*, seeing that thou our \w God|strong="H0430"\w* hast \w punished|strong="H2820"\w* us \w less|strong="H4295"\w* than our \w iniquities|strong="H5771"\w* <i>deserve</i>, and hast \w given|strong="H5414"\w* us <i>such</i> \w deliverance|strong="H6413"\w* as this;<n>hast punished…: Heb. hast withheld beneath our iniquities</n>


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Should we \w again|strong="H7725"\w* \w break|strong="H6565"\w* thy \w commandments|strong="H4687"\w*, and join in \w affinity|strong="H2859"\w* with the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* of these \w abominations|strong="H8441"\w*? wouldest not thou be \w angry|strong="H0599"\w* with us till thou hadst \w consumed|strong="H3615"\w* <i>us</i>, so that <i>there should be</i> no \w remnant|strong="H7611"\w* nor \w escaping|strong="H6413"\w*?


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O  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, thou <i>art</i> \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w*: for we \w remain|strong="H7604"\w* yet \w escaped|strong="H6413"\w*, as <i>it is</i> this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*: behold, we <i>are</i> \w before|strong="H6440"\w* thee in our \w trespasses|strong="H0819"\w*: for we cannot \w stand|strong="H5975"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* thee because of this.<pb/>


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Now when \w Ezra|strong="H5830"\w* had \w prayed|strong="H6419"\w*, and when he had \w confessed|strong="H3034"\w*, \w weeping|strong="H1058"\w* and casting himself \w down|strong="H5307"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, there \w assembled|strong="H6908"\w* unto him out of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* a \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w great|strong="H7227"\w* \w congregation|strong="H6951"\w* of \w men|strong="H0582"\w* and \w women|strong="H0802"\w* and \w children|strong="H3206"\w*: for the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w wept|strong="H1058"\w* \w very|strong="H7235"\w* \w sore|strong="H1059"\w*.<n>wept…: Heb. wept a great weeping</n>


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And \w Shechaniah|strong="H7935"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jehiel|strong="H3171"\w*, <i>one</i> of the \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Elam|strong="H5867"\w*, \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Ezra|strong="H5830"\w*, We have \w trespassed|strong="H4603"\w* against our \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, and have \w taken|strong="H3427"\w* \w strange|strong="H5237"\w* \w wives|strong="H0802"\w* of the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*: yet now there \w is|strong="H3426"\w* \w hope|strong="H4723"\w* in \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* concerning this thing.


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Now therefore let us \w make|strong="H3772"\w* a \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* with our \w God|strong="H0430"\w* to put \w away|strong="H3318"\w* all the \w wives|strong="H0802"\w*, and such as are \w born|strong="H3205"\w* of them, according to the \w counsel|strong="H6098"\w* of my \w lord|strong="H0136"\w*, and of those that \w tremble|strong="H2730"\w* at the \w commandment|strong="H4687"\w* of our \w God|strong="H0430"\w*; and let it be \w done|strong="H6213"\w* according to the \w law|strong="H8451"\w*.<n>to put…: Heb. to bring forth</n>


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\w Arise|strong="H6965"\w*; for <i>this</i> \w matter|strong="H1697"\w* <i>belongeth</i> unto thee: we also <i>will be</i> with thee: be of good \w courage|strong="H2388"\w*, and \w do|strong="H6213"\w* <i>it</i>.


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Then \w arose|strong="H6965"\w* \w Ezra|strong="H5830"\w*, and made the \w chief|strong="H8269"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*, the \w Levites|strong="H3881"\w*, and all \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, to \w swear|strong="H7650"\w* that they should \w do|strong="H6213"\w* according to this \w word|strong="H1697"\w*. And they \w sware|strong="H7650"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ Then \w Ezra|strong="H5830"\w* rose \w up|strong="H6965"\w* from \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, and \w went|strong="H3212"\w* into the \w chamber|strong="H3957"\w* of \w Johanan|strong="H3076"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Eliashib|strong="H0475"\w*: and <i>when</i> he \w came|strong="H3212"\w* thither, he did \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* no \w bread|strong="H3899"\w*, nor \w drink|strong="H8354"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w*: for he \w mourned|strong="H0056"\w* because of the \w transgression|strong="H4604"\w* of them that had been carried \w away|strong="H1473"\w*.


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And they made \w proclamation|strong="H5674"\w* throughout \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* and \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* unto all the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of the \w captivity|strong="H1473"\w*, that they should gather themselves \w together|strong="H6908"\w* unto \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*;


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And that whosoever would not \w come|strong="H0935"\w* within \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w*, according to the \w counsel|strong="H6098"\w* of the \w princes|strong="H8269"\w* and the \w elders|strong="H2205"\w*, all his \w substance|strong="H7399"\w* should be \w forfeited|strong="H2763"\w*, and himself \w separated|strong="H0914"\w* from the \w congregation|strong="H6951"\w* of those that had been carried \w away|strong="H1473"\w*.<n>forfeited: Heb. devoted</n><pb/>


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¶ Then all the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* and \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w* gathered themselves \w together|strong="H6908"\w* unto \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* within \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w*. It <i>was</i> the \w ninth|strong="H8671"\w* \w month|strong="H2320"\w*, on the \w twentieth|strong="H6242"\w* <i>day</i> of the \w month|strong="H2320"\w*; and all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w sat|strong="H3427"\w* in the \w street|strong="H7339"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, \w trembling|strong="H7460"\w* because of <i>this</i> \w matter|strong="H1697"\w*, and for the great \w rain|strong="H1653"\w*.<n>the great…: Heb. the showers</n>


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And \w Ezra|strong="H5830"\w* the \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* stood \w up|strong="H6965"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto them, Ye have \w transgressed|strong="H4603"\w*, and have \w taken|strong="H3427"\w* \w strange|strong="H5237"\w* \w wives|strong="H0802"\w*, to \w increase|strong="H3254"\w* the \w trespass|strong="H0819"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.<n>have taken: Heb. have caused to dwell, or, have brought back</n>


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Now therefore \w make|strong="H5414"\w* \w confession|strong="H8426"\w* unto the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of your \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*, and \w do|strong="H6213"\w* his \w pleasure|strong="H7522"\w*: and \w separate|strong="H0914"\w* yourselves from the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*, and from the \w strange|strong="H5237"\w* \w wives|strong="H0802"\w*.


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Then all the \w congregation|strong="H6951"\w* \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* with a \w loud|strong="H1419"\w* \w voice|strong="H6963"\w*, As thou hast \w said|strong="H1697"\w*, so must we \w do|strong="H6213"\w*.


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\w But|strong="H0061"\w* the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* <i>are</i> \w many|strong="H7227"\w*, and <i>it is</i> a \w time|strong="H6256"\w* of much \w rain|strong="H1653"\w*, and we are not \w able|strong="H3581"\w* to \w stand|strong="H5975"\w* \w without|strong="H2351"\w*, neither <i>is this</i> a \w work|strong="H4399"\w* of \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* or \w two|strong="H8147"\w*: for we are \w many|strong="H7235"\w* that have \w transgressed|strong="H6586"\w* in this \w thing|strong="H1697"\w*.<n>we are many…: or, we have greatly offended in this thing</n>


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Let now our \w rulers|strong="H8269"\w* of all the \w congregation|strong="H6951"\w* \w stand|strong="H5975"\w*, and let all them which have \w taken|strong="H3427"\w* \w strange|strong="H5237"\w* \w wives|strong="H0802"\w* in our \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w* at \w appointed|strong="H2163"\w* \w times|strong="H6256"\w*, and with them the \w elders|strong="H2205"\w* of every \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, and the \w judges|strong="H8199"\w* thereof, until the \w fierce|strong="H2740"\w* \w wrath|strong="H0639"\w* of our \w God|strong="H0430"\w* for this \w matter|strong="H1697"\w* be \w turned|strong="H7725"\w* from us.<n>for this…: or, till this matter be dispatched</n><pb/>


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¶ Only \w Jonathan|strong="H3129"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Asahel|strong="H6214"\w* and \w Jahaziah|strong="H3167"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Tikvah|strong="H8616"\w* were \w employed|strong="H5975"\w* about this <i>matter:</i> and \w Meshullam|strong="H4918"\w* and \w Shabbethai|strong="H7678"\w* the \w Levite|strong="H3881"\w* \w helped|strong="H5826"\w* them.<n>were…: Heb. stood</n>


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And the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of the \w captivity|strong="H1473"\w* did \w so|strong="H6213"\w*. And \w Ezra|strong="H5830"\w* the \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*, <i>with</i> \w certain|strong="H0582"\w* \w chief|strong="H7218"\w* of the \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*, after the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of their \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*, and all of them by <i>their</i> \w names|strong="H8034"\w*, were \w separated|strong="H0914"\w*, and sat \w down|strong="H3427"\w* in the \w first|strong="H0259"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* of the \w tenth|strong="H6224"\w* \w month|strong="H2320"\w* to \w examine|strong="H1875"\w* the \w matter|strong="H1697"\w*.


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And they made an \w end|strong="H3615"\w* with all the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* that had \w taken|strong="H3427"\w* \w strange|strong="H5237"\w* \w wives|strong="H0802"\w* by the \w first|strong="H0259"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* of the \w first|strong="H7223"\w* \w month|strong="H2320"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And among the \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* of the \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* there were \w found|strong="H4672"\w* that had \w taken|strong="H3427"\w* \w strange|strong="H5237"\w* \w wives|strong="H0802"\w*: <i>namely</i>, of the \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jeshua|strong="H3442"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jozadak|strong="H3136"\w*, and his \w brethren|strong="H0251"\w*; \w Maaseiah|strong="H4641"\w*, and \w Eliezer|strong="H0461"\w*, and \w Jarib|strong="H3402"\w*, and \w Gedaliah|strong="H1436"\w*.


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And they \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* their \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* that they would put \w away|strong="H3318"\w* their \w wives|strong="H0802"\w*; and <i>being</i> \w guilty|strong="H0818"\w*, <i>they offered</i> a \w ram|strong="H0352"\w* of the \w flock|strong="H6629"\w* for their \w trespass|strong="H0819"\w*.


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And of the \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Immer|strong="H0564"\w*; \w Hanani|strong="H2607"\w*, and \w Zebadiah|strong="H2069"\w*.


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And of the \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Harim|strong="H2766"\w*; \w Maaseiah|strong="H4641"\w*, and \w Elijah|strong="H0452"\w*, and \w Shemaiah|strong="H8098"\w*, and \w Jehiel|strong="H3171"\w*, and \w Uzziah|strong="H5818"\w*.


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And of the \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Pashur|strong="H6583"\w*; \w Elioenai|strong="H0454"\w*, \w Maaseiah|strong="H4641"\w*, \w Ishmael|strong="H3458"\w*, \w Nethaneel|strong="H5417"\w*, \w Jozabad|strong="H3107"\w*, and \w Elasah|strong="H0501"\w*.


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Also of the \w Levites|strong="H3881"\w*; \w Jozabad|strong="H3107"\w*, and \w Shimei|strong="H8096"\w*, and \w Kelaiah|strong="H7041"\w*, (the same <i>is</i> \w Kelita|strong="H7042"\w*,) \w Pethahiah|strong="H6611"\w*, \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, and \w Eliezer|strong="H0461"\w*.


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Of the \w singers|strong="H7891"\w* also; \w Eliashib|strong="H0475"\w*: and of the \w porters|strong="H7778"\w*; \w Shallum|strong="H7967"\w*, and \w Telem|strong="H2928"\w*, and \w Uri|strong="H0221"\w*.


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Moreover of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*: of the \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Parosh|strong="H6551"\w*; \w Ramiah|strong="H7422"\w*, and \w Jeziah|strong="H3150"\w*, and \w Malchiah|strong="H4441"\w*, and \w Miamin|strong="H4326"\w*, and \w Eleazar|strong="H0499"\w*, and \w Malchijah|strong="H4441"\w*, and \w Benaiah|strong="H1141"\w*.


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And of the \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Elam|strong="H5867"\w*; \w Mattaniah|strong="H4983"\w*, \w Zechariah|strong="H2148"\w*, and \w Jehiel|strong="H3171"\w*, and \w Abdi|strong="H5660"\w*, and \w Jeremoth|strong="H3406"\w*, and \w Eliah|strong="H0452"\w*.


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And of the \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Zattu|strong="H2240"\w*; \w Elioenai|strong="H0454"\w*, \w Eliashib|strong="H0475"\w*, \w Mattaniah|strong="H4983"\w*, and \w Jeremoth|strong="H3406"\w*, and \w Zabad|strong="H2066"\w*, and \w Aziza|strong="H5819"\w*.


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Of the \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* also of \w Bebai|strong="H0893"\w*; \w Jehohanan|strong="H3076"\w*, \w Hananiah|strong="H2608"\w*, \w Zabbai|strong="H2140"\w*, <i>and</i> \w Athlai|strong="H6270"\w*.


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And of the \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Bani|strong="H1137"\w*; \w Meshullam|strong="H4918"\w*, \w Malluch|strong="H4409"\w*, and \w Adaiah|strong="H5718"\w*, \w Jashub|strong="H3437"\w*, and \w Sheal|strong="H7594"\w*, and \w Ramoth|strong="H7433"\w*.


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And of the \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Pahath-moab|strong="H6355"\w*; \w Adna|strong="H5733"\w*, and \w Chelal|strong="H3636"\w*, \w Benaiah|strong="H1141"\w*, \w Maaseiah|strong="H4641"\w*, \w Mattaniah|strong="H4983"\w*, \w Bezaleel|strong="H1212"\w*, and \w Binnui|strong="H1131"\w*, and \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w*.


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And <i>of</i> the \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Harim|strong="H2766"\w*; \w Eliezer|strong="H0461"\w*, \w Ishijah|strong="H3449"\w*, \w Malchiah|strong="H4441"\w*, \w Shemaiah|strong="H8098"\w*, \w Shimeon|strong="H8095"\w*,


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\w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w*, \w Malluch|strong="H4409"\w*, <i>and</i> \w Shemariah|strong="H8114"\w*.


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Of the \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Hashum|strong="H2828"\w*; \w Mattenai|strong="H4982"\w*, \w Mattathah|strong="H4992"\w*, \w Zabad|strong="H2066"\w*, \w Eliphelet|strong="H0467"\w*, \w Jeremai|strong="H3413"\w*, \w Manasseh|strong="H4519"\w*, <i>and</i> \w Shimei|strong="H8096"\w*.


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Of the \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Bani|strong="H1137"\w*; \w Maadai|strong="H4572"\w*, \w Amram|strong="H6019"\w*, and \w Uel|strong="H0177"\w*,


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And \w Shelemiah|strong="H8018"\w*, and \w Nathan|strong="H5416"\w*, and \w Adaiah|strong="H5718"\w*,


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\w Machnadebai|strong="H4367"\w*, \w Shashai|strong="H8343"\w*, \w Sharai|strong="H8298"\w*,<n>Machnadebai: or, Mabnadebai, according to some copies</n>


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Of the \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Nebo|strong="H5015"\w*; \w Jeiel|strong="H3273"\w*, \w Mattithiah|strong="H4993"\w*, \w Zabad|strong="H2066"\w*, \w Zebina|strong="H2081"\w*, \w Jadau|strong="H3035"\w*, and \w Joel|strong="H3100"\w*, \w Benaiah|strong="H1141"\w*.


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All these had \w taken|strong="H5375"\w* \w strange|strong="H5237"\w* \w wives|strong="H0802"\w*: and <i>some</i> of them \w had|strong="H3426"\w* \w wives|strong="H0802"\w* by whom they \w had|strong="H7760"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w*.


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The \w words|strong="H1697"\w* of \w Nehemiah|strong="H5166"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Hachaliah|strong="H2446"\w*. And it came to pass in the \w month|strong="H2320"\w* \w Chisleu|strong="H3691"\w*, in the \w twentieth|strong="H6242"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w*, as I was in \w Shushan|strong="H7800"\w* the \w palace|strong="H1002"\w*,


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That \w Hanani|strong="H2607"\w*, \w one|strong="H0259"\w* of my \w brethren|strong="H0251"\w*, \w came|strong="H0935"\w*, he and <i>certain</i> \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*; and I \w asked|strong="H7592"\w* them concerning the \w Jews|strong="H3064"\w* that had \w escaped|strong="H6413"\w*, which were \w left|strong="H7604"\w* of the \w captivity|strong="H7628"\w*, and concerning \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.


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And they \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto me, The \w remnant|strong="H7604"\w* that are \w left|strong="H7604"\w* of the \w captivity|strong="H7628"\w* there in the \w province|strong="H4082"\w* <i>are</i> in \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w affliction|strong="H7451"\w* and \w reproach|strong="H2781"\w*: the \w wall|strong="H2346"\w* of \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* also <i>is</i> broken \w down|strong="H6555"\w*, and the \w gates|strong="H8179"\w* thereof are \w burned|strong="H3341"\w* with \w fire|strong="H0784"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And it came to pass, when I \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* these \w words|strong="H1697"\w*, that I sat \w down|strong="H3427"\w* and \w wept|strong="H1058"\w*, and \w mourned|strong="H0056"\w* <i>certain</i> \w days|strong="H3117"\w*, and \w fasted|strong="H6684"\w*, and \w prayed|strong="H6419"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*,<pb/>


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And \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, I \w beseech|strong="H0577"\w* thee, O  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*, the \w great|strong="H1419"\w* and \w terrible|strong="H3372"\w* \w God|strong="H0410"\w*, that \w keepeth|strong="H8104"\w* \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* and \w mercy|strong="H2617"\w* for them that \w love|strong="H0157"\w* him and \w observe|strong="H8104"\w* his \w commandments|strong="H4687"\w*:


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Let thine \w ear|strong="H0241"\w* now be \w attentive|strong="H7183"\w*, and thine \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* \w open|strong="H6605"\w*, that thou mayest \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* the \w prayer|strong="H8605"\w* of thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*, which I \w pray|strong="H6419"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* thee \w now|strong="H3117"\w*, \w day|strong="H3119"\w* and \w night|strong="H3915"\w*, for the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* thy \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*, and \w confess|strong="H3034"\w* the \w sins|strong="H2403"\w* of the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, which we have \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w* against thee: both I and my \w father’s|strong="H0001"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* have \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w*.


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We have dealt \w very|strong="H2254"\w* \w corruptly|strong="H2254"\w* against thee, and have not \w kept|strong="H8104"\w* the \w commandments|strong="H4687"\w*, nor the \w statutes|strong="H2706"\w*, nor the \w judgments|strong="H4941"\w*, which thou \w commandedst|strong="H6680"\w* thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w*.


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\w Remember|strong="H2142"\w*, I beseech thee, the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* that thou \w commandedst|strong="H6680"\w* thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, <i>If</i> ye \w transgress|strong="H4603"\w*, I will scatter you \w abroad|strong="H6327"\w* among the \w nations|strong="H5971"\w*:


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But <i>if</i> ye \w turn|strong="H7725"\w* unto me, and \w keep|strong="H8104"\w* my \w commandments|strong="H4687"\w*, and \w do|strong="H6213"\w* them; though there were of you cast \w out|strong="H5080"\w* unto the uttermost \w part|strong="H7097"\w* of the \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*, <i>yet</i> will I \w gather|strong="H6908"\w* them from thence, and will \w bring|strong="H0935"\w* them unto the \w place|strong="H4725"\w* that I have \w chosen|strong="H0977"\w* to \w set|strong="H7931"\w* my \w name|strong="H8034"\w* there.


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Now these <i>are</i> thy \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* and thy \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, whom thou hast \w redeemed|strong="H6299"\w* by thy \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w power|strong="H3581"\w*, and by thy \w strong|strong="H2389"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*.


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O \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w*, I \w beseech|strong="H0577"\w* thee, let now thine \w ear|strong="H0241"\w* be \w attentive|strong="H7183"\w* to the \w prayer|strong="H8605"\w* of thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*, and to the \w prayer|strong="H8605"\w* of thy \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*, who \w desire|strong="H2655"\w* to \w fear|strong="H3372"\w* thy \w name|strong="H8034"\w*: and \w prosper|strong="H6743"\w*, I pray thee, thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, and \w grant|strong="H5414"\w* him \w mercy|strong="H7356"\w* in the \w sight|strong="H6440"\w* of this \w man|strong="H0376"\w*. For I was the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w cupbearer|strong="H8248"\w*.<pb/>


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And it came to pass in the \w month|strong="H2320"\w* \w Nisan|strong="H5212"\w*, in the \w twentieth|strong="H6242"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* of \w Artaxerxes|strong="H0783"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, <i>that</i> \w wine|strong="H3196"\w* <i>was</i> \w before|strong="H6440"\w* him: and I took \w up|strong="H5375"\w* the \w wine|strong="H3196"\w*, and \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* <i>it</i> unto the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*. Now I had not been <i>beforetime</i> \w sad|strong="H7451"\w* in his \w presence|strong="H6440"\w*.


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Wherefore the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto me, Why <i>is</i> thy \w countenance|strong="H6440"\w* \w sad|strong="H7451"\w*, seeing thou <i>art</i> not \w sick|strong="H2470"\w*? this <i>is</i> nothing <i>else</i> but \w sorrow|strong="H7455"\w* of \w heart|strong="H3820"\w*. Then I was \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w sore|strong="H7235"\w* \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w*,


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And \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, Let the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w live|strong="H2421"\w* for \w ever|strong="H5769"\w*: why should not my \w countenance|strong="H6440"\w* be \w sad|strong="H3415"\w*, when the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, the \w place|strong="H1004"\w* of my \w fathers’|strong="H0001"\w* \w sepulchres|strong="H6913"\w*, <i>lieth</i> \w waste|strong="H2720"\w*, and the \w gates|strong="H8179"\w* thereof are \w consumed|strong="H0398"\w* with \w fire|strong="H0784"\w*?


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Then the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto me, For what dost thou make \w request|strong="H1245"\w*? So I \w prayed|strong="H6419"\w* to the \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*.


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And I \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, If it \w please|strong="H2895"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, and if thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* have found \w favour|strong="H3190"\w* in thy \w sight|strong="H6440"\w*, that thou wouldest \w send|strong="H7971"\w* me unto \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, unto the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* of my \w fathers’|strong="H0001"\w* \w sepulchres|strong="H6913"\w*, that I may \w build|strong="H1129"\w* it.


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And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto me, (the \w queen|strong="H7694"\w* also \w sitting|strong="H3427"\w* by \w him|strong="H0681"\w*,) For how long shall thy \w journey|strong="H4109"\w* be? and when wilt thou \w return|strong="H7725"\w*? So it \w pleased|strong="H3190"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* to \w send|strong="H7971"\w* me; and I \w set|strong="H5414"\w* him a \w time|strong="H2165"\w*.<n>queen: Heb. wife</n>


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Moreover I \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, If it \w please|strong="H2895"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, let \w letters|strong="H0107"\w* be \w given|strong="H5414"\w* me to the \w governors|strong="H6346"\w* \w beyond|strong="H5676"\w* the \w river|strong="H5104"\w*, that they may convey me \w over|strong="H5674"\w* till I \w come|strong="H0935"\w* into \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*;


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And a \w letter|strong="H0107"\w* unto \w Asaph|strong="H0623"\w* the \w keeper|strong="H8104"\w* of the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w forest|strong="H6508"\w*, that he may \w give|strong="H5414"\w* me \w timber|strong="H6086"\w* to make \w beams|strong="H7136"\w* for the \w gates|strong="H8179"\w* of the \w palace|strong="H1002"\w* which <i>appertained</i> to the \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, and for the \w wall|strong="H2346"\w* of the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, and for the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* that I shall enter \w into|strong="H0935"\w*. And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w granted|strong="H5414"\w* me, according to the \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of my \w God|strong="H0430"\w* upon me.<pb/>


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¶ Then I \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to the \w governors|strong="H6346"\w* \w beyond|strong="H5676"\w* the \w river|strong="H5104"\w*, and \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* them the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w letters|strong="H0107"\w*. Now the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* had \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w captains|strong="H8269"\w* of the \w army|strong="H2428"\w* and \w horsemen|strong="H6571"\w* with me.


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When \w Sanballat|strong="H5571"\w* the \w Horonite|strong="H2772"\w*, and \w Tobiah|strong="H2900"\w* the \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*, the \w Ammonite|strong="H5984"\w*, \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* <i>of it</i>, it \w grieved|strong="H3415"\w* them \w exceedingly|strong="H7451"\w* that there was \w come|strong="H0935"\w* a \w man|strong="H0120"\w* to \w seek|strong="H1245"\w* the \w welfare|strong="H2896"\w* of the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.


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So I \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, and was there \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And I \w arose|strong="H6965"\w* in the \w night|strong="H3915"\w*, I and \w some|strong="H4592"\w* \w few|strong="H4592"\w* \w men|strong="H0582"\w* with me; neither \w told|strong="H5046"\w* I <i>any</i> \w man|strong="H0120"\w* what my \w God|strong="H0430"\w* had \w put|strong="H5414"\w* in my \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* to \w do|strong="H6213"\w* at \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*: neither <i>was there any</i> \w beast|strong="H0929"\w* with me, save the \w beast|strong="H0929"\w* that I rode \w upon|strong="H7392"\w*.


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And I went \w out|strong="H3318"\w* by \w night|strong="H3915"\w* by the \w gate|strong="H8179"\w* of the \w valley|strong="H1516"\w*, even \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \w dragon|strong="H8577"\w* \w well|strong="H5869"\w*, and to the \w dung|strong="H0830"\w* \w port|strong="H8179"\w*, and \w viewed|strong="H7663"\w* the \w walls|strong="H2346"\w* of \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, which were broken \w down|strong="H6555"\w*, and the \w gates|strong="H8179"\w* thereof were \w consumed|strong="H0398"\w* with \w fire|strong="H0784"\w*.


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Then I went \w on|strong="H5674"\w* to the \w gate|strong="H8179"\w* of the \w fountain|strong="H5869"\w*, and to the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w pool|strong="H1295"\w*: but <i>there was</i> no \w place|strong="H4725"\w* for the \w beast|strong="H0929"\w* <i>that was</i> under me to \w pass|strong="H5674"\w*.


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Then went I \w up|strong="H5927"\w* in the \w night|strong="H3915"\w* by the \w brook|strong="H5158"\w*, and \w viewed|strong="H7663"\w* the \w wall|strong="H2346"\w*, and turned \w back|strong="H7725"\w*, and \w entered|strong="H0935"\w* by the \w gate|strong="H8179"\w* of the \w valley|strong="H1516"\w*, and <i>so</i> \w returned|strong="H7725"\w*.


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And the \w rulers|strong="H5461"\w* \w knew|strong="H3045"\w* not whither I \w went|strong="H1980"\w*, or what I \w did|strong="H6213"\w*; neither had I as \w yet|strong="H3651"\w* \w told|strong="H5046"\w* <i>it</i> to the \w Jews|strong="H3064"\w*, nor to the \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*, nor to the \w nobles|strong="H2715"\w*, nor to the \w rulers|strong="H5461"\w*, nor to the \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* that \w did|strong="H6213"\w* the \w work|strong="H4399"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* I unto them, Ye \w see|strong="H7200"\w* the \w distress|strong="H7451"\w* that we <i>are</i> in, how \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* <i>lieth</i> \w waste|strong="H2720"\w*, and the \w gates|strong="H8179"\w* thereof are \w burned|strong="H3341"\w* with \w fire|strong="H0784"\w*: \w come|strong="H3212"\w*, and let us build \w up|strong="H1129"\w* the \w wall|strong="H2346"\w* of \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, that we be no more a \w reproach|strong="H2781"\w*.


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Then I \w told|strong="H5046"\w* them of the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of my \w God|strong="H0430"\w* which was \w good|strong="H2896"\w* upon me; as also the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w* that he had \w spoken|strong="H0559"\w* unto me. And they \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Let us rise \w up|strong="H6965"\w* and \w build|strong="H1129"\w*. So they \w strengthened|strong="H2388"\w* their \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* for <i>this</i> \w good|strong="H2896"\w* <i>work</i>.


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But when \w Sanballat|strong="H5571"\w* the \w Horonite|strong="H2772"\w*, and \w Tobiah|strong="H2900"\w* the \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*, the \w Ammonite|strong="H5984"\w*, and \w Geshem|strong="H1654"\w* the \w Arabian|strong="H6163"\w*, \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* <i>it</i>, they laughed us to \w scorn|strong="H3932"\w*, and \w despised|strong="H0959"\w* us, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, What <i>is</i> this \w thing|strong="H1697"\w* that ye \w do|strong="H6213"\w*? will ye \w rebel|strong="H4775"\w* against the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*?


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Then \w answered|strong="H7725"\w* I them, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto them, The \w God|strong="H0430"\w* of \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*, he will \w prosper|strong="H6743"\w* us; therefore we his \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* will \w arise|strong="H6965"\w* and \w build|strong="H1129"\w*: but ye have no \w portion|strong="H2506"\w*, nor \w right|strong="H6666"\w*, nor \w memorial|strong="H2146"\w*, in \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.<pb/>


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Then \w Eliashib|strong="H0475"\w* the \w high|strong="H1419"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* rose \w up|strong="H6965"\w* with his \w brethren|strong="H0251"\w* the \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*, and they \w builded|strong="H1129"\w* the \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w* \w gate|strong="H8179"\w*; they \w sanctified|strong="H6942"\w* it, and set \w up|strong="H5975"\w* the \w doors|strong="H1817"\w* of it; even unto the \w tower|strong="H4026"\w* of \w Meah|strong="H3968"\w* they \w sanctified|strong="H6942"\w* it, unto the \w tower|strong="H4026"\w* of \w Hananeel|strong="H2606"\w*.


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And next unto \w him|strong="H3027"\w* \w builded|strong="H1129"\w* the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of \w Jericho|strong="H3405"\w*. And next to them \w builded|strong="H1129"\w* \w Zaccur|strong="H2139"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Imri|strong="H0566"\w*.<n>next unto…: Heb. at his hand</n>


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But the \w fish|strong="H1709"\w* \w gate|strong="H8179"\w* did the \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Hassenaah|strong="H5570"\w* \w build|strong="H1129"\w*, who <i>also</i> laid the \w beams|strong="H7136"\w* thereof, and set \w up|strong="H5975"\w* the \w doors|strong="H1817"\w* thereof, the \w locks|strong="H4514"\w* thereof, and the \w bars|strong="H1280"\w* thereof.


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And next unto \w them|strong="H3027"\w* \w repaired|strong="H2388"\w* \w Meremoth|strong="H4822"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Urijah|strong="H0223"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Koz|strong="H6976"\w*. And next unto \w them|strong="H3027"\w* \w repaired|strong="H2388"\w* \w Meshullam|strong="H4918"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Berechiah|strong="H1296"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Meshezabeel|strong="H4898"\w*. And next unto \w them|strong="H3027"\w* \w repaired|strong="H2388"\w* \w Zadok|strong="H6659"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Baana|strong="H1195"\w*.


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And next unto \w them|strong="H3027"\w* the \w Tekoites|strong="H8621"\w* \w repaired|strong="H2388"\w*; but their \w nobles|strong="H0117"\w* \w put|strong="H0935"\w* not their \w necks|strong="H6677"\w* to the \w work|strong="H5656"\w* of their \w Lord|strong="H0113"\w*.


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Moreover the \w old|strong="H3465"\w* \w gate|strong="H8179"\w* \w repaired|strong="H2388"\w* \w Jehoiada|strong="H3111"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Paseah|strong="H6454"\w*, and \w Meshullam|strong="H4918"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Besodeiah|strong="H1152"\w*; they laid the \w beams|strong="H7136"\w* thereof, and set \w up|strong="H5975"\w* the \w doors|strong="H1817"\w* thereof, and the \w locks|strong="H4514"\w* thereof, and the \w bars|strong="H1280"\w* thereof.


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And next unto \w them|strong="H3027"\w* \w repaired|strong="H2388"\w* \w Melatiah|strong="H4424"\w* the \w Gibeonite|strong="H1393"\w*, and \w Jadon|strong="H3036"\w* the \w Meronothite|strong="H4824"\w*, the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of \w Gibeon|strong="H1391"\w*, and of \w Mizpah|strong="H4709"\w*, unto the \w throne|strong="H3678"\w* of the \w governor|strong="H6346"\w* on this \w side|strong="H5676"\w* the \w river|strong="H5104"\w*.


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Next unto \w him|strong="H3027"\w* \w repaired|strong="H2388"\w* \w Uzziel|strong="H5816"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Harhaiah|strong="H2736"\w*, of the \w goldsmiths|strong="H6884"\w*. Next unto \w him|strong="H3027"\w* also \w repaired|strong="H2388"\w* \w Hananiah|strong="H2608"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of <i>one of</i> the \w apothecaries|strong="H7546"\w*, and they \w fortified|strong="H5800"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* unto the \w broad|strong="H7342"\w* \w wall|strong="H2346"\w*.<n>fortified…: or, left Jerusalem unto the broad wall</n>


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And next unto \w them|strong="H3027"\w* \w repaired|strong="H2388"\w* \w Rephaiah|strong="H7509"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Hur|strong="H2354"\w*, the \w ruler|strong="H8269"\w* of the \w half|strong="H2677"\w* \w part|strong="H6418"\w* of \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.


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And next unto \w them|strong="H3027"\w* \w repaired|strong="H2388"\w* \w Jedaiah|strong="H3042"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Harumaph|strong="H2739"\w*, even over against his \w house|strong="H1004"\w*. And next unto \w him|strong="H3027"\w* \w repaired|strong="H2388"\w* \w Hattush|strong="H2407"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Hashabniah|strong="H2813"\w*.


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\w Malchijah|strong="H4441"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Harim|strong="H2766"\w*, and \w Hashub|strong="H2815"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Pahath-moab|strong="H6355"\w*, \w repaired|strong="H2388"\w* the \w other|strong="H8145"\w* \w piece|strong="H4060"\w*, and the \w tower|strong="H4026"\w* of the \w furnaces|strong="H8574"\w*.<n>other…: Heb. second measure</n>


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And next unto \w him|strong="H3027"\w* \w repaired|strong="H2388"\w* \w Shallum|strong="H7967"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Halohesh|strong="H3873"\w*, the \w ruler|strong="H8269"\w* of the \w half|strong="H2677"\w* \w part|strong="H6418"\w* of \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, he and his \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w*.


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The \w valley|strong="H1516"\w* \w gate|strong="H8179"\w* \w repaired|strong="H2388"\w* \w Hanun|strong="H2586"\w*, and the \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* of \w Zanoah|strong="H2182"\w*; they \w built|strong="H1129"\w* it, and set \w up|strong="H5975"\w* the \w doors|strong="H1817"\w* thereof, the \w locks|strong="H4514"\w* thereof, and the \w bars|strong="H1280"\w* thereof, and a \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w cubits|strong="H0520"\w* on the \w wall|strong="H2346"\w* unto the \w dung|strong="H0830"\w* \w gate|strong="H8179"\w*.


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But the \w dung|strong="H0830"\w* \w gate|strong="H8179"\w* \w repaired|strong="H2388"\w* \w Malchiah|strong="H4441"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Rechab|strong="H7394"\w*, the \w ruler|strong="H8269"\w* of \w part|strong="H6418"\w* of \w Beth-haccerem|strong="H1021"\w*; he \w built|strong="H1129"\w* it, and set \w up|strong="H5975"\w* the \w doors|strong="H1817"\w* thereof, the \w locks|strong="H4514"\w* thereof, and the \w bars|strong="H1280"\w* thereof.


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But the \w gate|strong="H8179"\w* of the \w fountain|strong="H5869"\w* \w repaired|strong="H2388"\w* \w Shallun|strong="H7968"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Col-hozeh|strong="H3626"\w*, the \w ruler|strong="H8269"\w* of \w part|strong="H6418"\w* of \w Mizpah|strong="H4709"\w*; he \w built|strong="H1129"\w* it, and \w covered|strong="H2926"\w* it, and set \w up|strong="H5975"\w* the \w doors|strong="H1817"\w* thereof, the \w locks|strong="H4514"\w* thereof, and the \w bars|strong="H1280"\w* thereof, and the \w wall|strong="H2346"\w* of the \w pool|strong="H1295"\w* of \w Siloah|strong="H7975"\w* by the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w garden|strong="H1588"\w*, and unto the \w stairs|strong="H4609"\w* that go \w down|strong="H3381"\w* from the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w*.


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\w After|strong="H0310"\w* him \w repaired|strong="H2388"\w* \w Nehemiah|strong="H5166"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Azbuk|strong="H5802"\w*, the \w ruler|strong="H8269"\w* of the \w half|strong="H2677"\w* \w part|strong="H6418"\w* of \w Beth-zur|strong="H1049"\w*, unto <i>the place</i> over against the \w sepulchres|strong="H6913"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, and to the \w pool|strong="H1295"\w* that was \w made|strong="H6213"\w*, and unto the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the \w mighty|strong="H1368"\w*.


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\w After|strong="H0310"\w* him \w repaired|strong="H2388"\w* the \w Levites|strong="H3881"\w*, \w Rehum|strong="H7348"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Bani|strong="H1137"\w*. Next unto \w him|strong="H3027"\w* \w repaired|strong="H2388"\w* \w Hashabiah|strong="H2811"\w*, the \w ruler|strong="H8269"\w* of the \w half|strong="H2677"\w* \w part|strong="H6418"\w* of \w Keilah|strong="H7084"\w*, in his \w part|strong="H6418"\w*.


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\w After|strong="H0310"\w* him \w repaired|strong="H2388"\w* their \w brethren|strong="H0251"\w*, \w Bavai|strong="H0942"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Henadad|strong="H2582"\w*, the \w ruler|strong="H8269"\w* of the \w half|strong="H2677"\w* \w part|strong="H6418"\w* of \w Keilah|strong="H7084"\w*.


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And next to \w him|strong="H3027"\w* \w repaired|strong="H2388"\w* \w Ezer|strong="H5829"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jeshua|strong="H3442"\w*, the \w ruler|strong="H8269"\w* of \w Mizpah|strong="H4709"\w*, \w another|strong="H8145"\w* \w piece|strong="H4060"\w* over against the going \w up|strong="H5927"\w* to the \w armoury|strong="H5402"\w* at the \w turning|strong="H4740"\w* <i>of the wall</i>.


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\w After|strong="H0310"\w* him \w Baruch|strong="H1263"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Zabbai|strong="H2079"\w* \w earnestly|strong="H2734"\w* \w repaired|strong="H2388"\w* the \w other|strong="H8145"\w* \w piece|strong="H4060"\w*, from the \w turning|strong="H4740"\w* <i>of the wall</i> unto the \w door|strong="H6607"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Eliashib|strong="H0475"\w* the \w high|strong="H1419"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*.<n>Zabbai: also called, Zaccai</n>


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\w After|strong="H0310"\w* him \w repaired|strong="H2388"\w* \w Meremoth|strong="H4822"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Urijah|strong="H0223"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Koz|strong="H6976"\w* \w another|strong="H8145"\w* \w piece|strong="H4060"\w*, from the \w door|strong="H6607"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Eliashib|strong="H0475"\w* even to the \w end|strong="H8503"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Eliashib|strong="H0475"\w*.


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And \w after|strong="H0310"\w* him \w repaired|strong="H2388"\w* the \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*, the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of the \w plain|strong="H3603"\w*.


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\w After|strong="H0310"\w* him \w repaired|strong="H2388"\w* \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w* and \w Hashub|strong="H2815"\w* over against their \w house|strong="H1004"\w*. \w After|strong="H0310"\w* him \w repaired|strong="H2388"\w* \w Azariah|strong="H5838"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Maaseiah|strong="H4641"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ananiah|strong="H6055"\w* \w by|strong="H0681"\w* his \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.


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\w After|strong="H0310"\w* him \w repaired|strong="H2388"\w* \w Binnui|strong="H1131"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Henadad|strong="H2582"\w* \w another|strong="H8145"\w* \w piece|strong="H4060"\w*, from the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Azariah|strong="H5838"\w* unto the \w turning|strong="H4740"\w* <i>of the wall</i>, even unto the \w corner|strong="H6438"\w*.


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\w Palal|strong="H6420"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Uzai|strong="H0186"\w*, over against the \w turning|strong="H4740"\w* <i>of the wall</i>, and the \w tower|strong="H4026"\w* which lieth \w out|strong="H3318"\w* from the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w high|strong="H5945"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, that <i>was</i> by the \w court|strong="H2691"\w* of the \w prison|strong="H4307"\w*. \w After|strong="H0310"\w* him \w Pedaiah|strong="H6305"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Parosh|strong="H6551"\w*.


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Moreover the \w Nethinims|strong="H5411"\w* \w dwelt|strong="H3427"\w* in \w Ophel|strong="H6077"\w*, unto <i>the place</i> over against the \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w gate|strong="H8179"\w* toward the \w east|strong="H4217"\w*, and the \w tower|strong="H4026"\w* that lieth \w out|strong="H3318"\w*.<n>dwelt…: or, which dwelt in Ophel, repaired unto</n><n>Ophel: or, tower</n>


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\w After|strong="H0310"\w* them the \w Tekoites|strong="H8621"\w* \w repaired|strong="H2388"\w* \w another|strong="H8145"\w* \w piece|strong="H4060"\w*, over against the \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w tower|strong="H4026"\w* that lieth \w out|strong="H3318"\w*, even unto the \w wall|strong="H2346"\w* of \w Ophel|strong="H6077"\w*.


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From above the \w horse|strong="H5483"\w* \w gate|strong="H8179"\w* \w repaired|strong="H2388"\w* the \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*, every \w one|strong="H0376"\w* over \w against|strong="H5048"\w* his \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.


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\w After|strong="H0310"\w* them \w repaired|strong="H2388"\w* \w Zadok|strong="H6659"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Immer|strong="H0564"\w* over against his \w house|strong="H1004"\w*. \w After|strong="H0310"\w* him \w repaired|strong="H2388"\w* also \w Shemaiah|strong="H8098"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Shechaniah|strong="H7935"\w*, the \w keeper|strong="H8104"\w* of the \w east|strong="H4217"\w* \w gate|strong="H8179"\w*.


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\w After|strong="H0310"\w* him \w repaired|strong="H2388"\w* \w Hananiah|strong="H2608"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Shelemiah|strong="H8018"\w*, and \w Hanun|strong="H2586"\w* the \w sixth|strong="H8345"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Zalaph|strong="H6764"\w*, \w another|strong="H8145"\w* \w piece|strong="H4060"\w*. \w After|strong="H0310"\w* him \w repaired|strong="H2388"\w* \w Meshullam|strong="H4918"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Berechiah|strong="H1296"\w* over against his \w chamber|strong="H5393"\w*.


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\w After|strong="H0310"\w* him \w repaired|strong="H2388"\w* \w Malchiah|strong="H4441"\w* the \w goldsmith’s|strong="H6885"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* unto the \w place|strong="H1004"\w* of the \w Nethinims|strong="H5411"\w*, and of the \w merchants|strong="H7402"\w*, over against the \w gate|strong="H8179"\w* \w Miphkad|strong="H4663"\w*, and to the going \w up|strong="H5944"\w* of the \w corner|strong="H6438"\w*.<n>going…: or, corner chamber</n>


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And between the going \w up|strong="H5944"\w* of the \w corner|strong="H6438"\w* unto the \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w* \w gate|strong="H8179"\w* \w repaired|strong="H2388"\w* the \w goldsmiths|strong="H6884"\w* and the \w merchants|strong="H7402"\w*.<n>going…: or, corner chamber</n><pb/>


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But it came to pass, that when \w Sanballat|strong="H5571"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* that we \w builded|strong="H1129"\w* the \w wall|strong="H2346"\w*, he was \w wroth|strong="H2734"\w*, and took \w great|strong="H7235"\w* \w indignation|strong="H3707"\w*, and \w mocked|strong="H3932"\w* the \w Jews|strong="H3064"\w*.


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And he \w spake|strong="H0559"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* his \w brethren|strong="H0251"\w* and the \w army|strong="H2428"\w* of \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, What \w do|strong="H6213"\w* these \w feeble|strong="H0537"\w* \w Jews|strong="H3064"\w*? will they \w fortify|strong="H5800"\w* themselves? will they \w sacrifice|strong="H2076"\w*? will they make an \w end|strong="H3615"\w* in a \w day|strong="H3117"\w*? will they \w revive|strong="H2421"\w* the \w stones|strong="H0068"\w* out of the \w heaps|strong="H6194"\w* of the \w rubbish|strong="H6083"\w* which are \w burned|strong="H8313"\w*?<n>fortify…: Heb. leave to themselves</n>


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Now \w Tobiah|strong="H2900"\w* the \w Ammonite|strong="H5984"\w* <i>was</i> by \w him|strong="H0681"\w*, and he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Even that which they \w build|strong="H1129"\w*, if a \w fox|strong="H7776"\w* go \w up|strong="H5927"\w*, he shall even break \w down|strong="H6555"\w* their \w stone|strong="H0068"\w* \w wall|strong="H2346"\w*.


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\w Hear|strong="H8085"\w*, O our \w God|strong="H0430"\w*; for we are \w despised|strong="H0939"\w*: and \w turn|strong="H7725"\w* their \w reproach|strong="H2781"\w* upon their own \w head|strong="H7218"\w*, and \w give|strong="H5414"\w* them for a \w prey|strong="H0961"\w* in the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w captivity|strong="H7633"\w*:<n>despised: Heb. despite</n>


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And \w cover|strong="H3680"\w* not their \w iniquity|strong="H5771"\w*, and let not their \w sin|strong="H2403"\w* be blotted \w out|strong="H4229"\w* from \w before|strong="H6440"\w* thee: for they have provoked <i>thee</i> to \w anger|strong="H3707"\w* before the \w builders|strong="H1129"\w*.


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So \w built|strong="H1129"\w* we the \w wall|strong="H2346"\w*; and all the \w wall|strong="H2346"\w* was joined \w together|strong="H7194"\w* unto the \w half|strong="H2677"\w* thereof: for the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* had a \w mind|strong="H3820"\w* to \w work|strong="H6213"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ But it came to pass, <i>that</i> when \w Sanballat|strong="H5571"\w*, and \w Tobiah|strong="H2900"\w*, and the \w Arabians|strong="H6163"\w*, and the \w Ammonites|strong="H5984"\w*, and the \w Ashdodites|strong="H0796"\w*, \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* that the \w walls|strong="H2346"\w* of \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* were made \w up|strong="H0724"\w*, <i>and</i> that the \w breaches|strong="H6555"\w* \w began|strong="H2490"\w* to be \w stopped|strong="H5640"\w*, then they were \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w wroth|strong="H2734"\w*, <n>were made up: Heb. ascended</n>


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And \w conspired|strong="H7194"\w* all of them \w together|strong="H3162"\w* to \w come|strong="H0935"\w* <i>and</i> to \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* against \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, and to \w hinder|strong="H6213"\w* it.<n>to hinder…: Heb. to make an error to it</n>


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Nevertheless we made our \w prayer|strong="H6419"\w* unto our \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, and \w set|strong="H5975"\w* a \w watch|strong="H4929"\w* against them \w day|strong="H3119"\w* and \w night|strong="H3915"\w*, \w because|strong="H6440"\w* of them.


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And \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, The \w strength|strong="H3581"\w* of the bearers of \w burdens|strong="H5449"\w* is \w decayed|strong="H3782"\w*, and <i>there is</i> \w much|strong="H7235"\w* \w rubbish|strong="H6083"\w*; so that we are not \w able|strong="H3201"\w* to \w build|strong="H1129"\w* the \w wall|strong="H2346"\w*.


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And our \w adversaries|strong="H6862"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, They shall not \w know|strong="H3045"\w*, neither \w see|strong="H7200"\w*, till we \w come|strong="H0935"\w* in the \w midst|strong="H8432"\w* \w among|strong="H8432"\w* them, and \w slay|strong="H2026"\w* them, and cause the \w work|strong="H4399"\w* to \w cease|strong="H7673"\w*.


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And it came to pass, that when the \w Jews|strong="H3064"\w* which \w dwelt|strong="H3427"\w* by \w them|strong="H0681"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w*, they \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto us \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w times|strong="H6471"\w*, From all \w places|strong="H4725"\w* whence ye shall \w return|strong="H7725"\w* unto us <i>they will be upon you</i>.<n>From all…: or, That from all places ye must return to us</n><pb/>


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¶ Therefore \w set|strong="H5975"\w* I in the \w lower|strong="H8482"\w* \w places|strong="H4725"\w* \w behind|strong="H0310"\w* the \w wall|strong="H2346"\w*, <i>and</i> on the higher \w places|strong="H6706"\w*, I even \w set|strong="H5975"\w* the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* after their \w families|strong="H4940"\w* with their \w swords|strong="H2719"\w*, their \w spears|strong="H7420"\w*, and their \w bows|strong="H7198"\w*.<n>in the…: Heb. from the lower parts of the place, etc</n>


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And I \w looked|strong="H7200"\w*, and rose \w up|strong="H6965"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto the \w nobles|strong="H2715"\w*, and to the \w rulers|strong="H5461"\w*, and to the \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* of the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, Be not ye \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w* of \w them|strong="H6440"\w*: \w remember|strong="H2142"\w* the \w Lord|strong="H0136"\w*, <i>which is</i> \w great|strong="H1419"\w* and \w terrible|strong="H3372"\w*, and \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* for your \w brethren|strong="H0251"\w*, your \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*, and your \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w*, your \w wives|strong="H0802"\w*, and your \w houses|strong="H1004"\w*.


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And it came to pass, when our \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* that it was \w known|strong="H3045"\w* unto us, and \w God|strong="H0430"\w* had \w brought|strong="H6565"\w* their \w counsel|strong="H6098"\w* to \w nought|strong="H6565"\w*, that we \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* all of us to the \w wall|strong="H2346"\w*, every \w one|strong="H0376"\w* unto his \w work|strong="H4399"\w*.<pb/>


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And it came to pass from that \w time|strong="H3117"\w* forth, <i>that</i> the \w half|strong="H2677"\w* of my \w servants|strong="H5288"\w* \w wrought|strong="H6213"\w* in the \w work|strong="H4399"\w*, and the other \w half|strong="H2677"\w* of them \w held|strong="H2388"\w* both the \w spears|strong="H7420"\w*, the \w shields|strong="H4043"\w*, and the \w bows|strong="H7198"\w*, and the \w habergeons|strong="H8302"\w*; and the \w rulers|strong="H8269"\w* <i>were</i> \w behind|strong="H0310"\w* all the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.


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They which \w builded|strong="H1129"\w* on the \w wall|strong="H2346"\w*, and they that \w bare|strong="H5375"\w* \w burdens|strong="H5447"\w*, with those that \w laded|strong="H6006"\w*, <i>every one</i> with \w one|strong="H0259"\w* of his \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* \w wrought|strong="H6213"\w* in the \w work|strong="H4399"\w*, and with the \w other|strong="H0259"\w* <i>hand</i> \w held|strong="H2388"\w* a \w weapon|strong="H7973"\w*.


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For the \w builders|strong="H1129"\w*, every \w one|strong="H0376"\w* had his \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* \w girded|strong="H0631"\w* by his \w side|strong="H4975"\w*, and <i>so</i> \w builded|strong="H1129"\w*. And he that \w sounded|strong="H8628"\w* the \w trumpet|strong="H7782"\w* <i>was</i> by \w me|strong="H0681"\w*.<n>by his side: Heb. on his loins</n><pb/>


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¶ And I \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto the \w nobles|strong="H2715"\w*, and to the \w rulers|strong="H5461"\w*, and to the \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* of the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, The \w work|strong="H4399"\w* <i>is</i> \w great|strong="H7235"\w* and \w large|strong="H7342"\w*, and we are \w separated|strong="H6504"\w* upon the \w wall|strong="H2346"\w*, \w one|strong="H0376"\w* far \w from|strong="H7350"\w* \w another|strong="H0251"\w*.


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In what \w place|strong="H4725"\w* <i>therefore</i> ye \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* the \w sound|strong="H6963"\w* of the \w trumpet|strong="H7782"\w*, \w resort|strong="H6908"\w* ye thither unto us: our \w God|strong="H0430"\w* shall \w fight|strong="H3898"\w* for us.


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So we \w laboured|strong="H6213"\w* in the \w work|strong="H4399"\w*: and \w half|strong="H2677"\w* of them \w held|strong="H2388"\w* the \w spears|strong="H7420"\w* from the \w rising|strong="H5927"\w* of the \w morning|strong="H7837"\w* till the \w stars|strong="H3556"\w* \w appeared|strong="H3318"\w*.


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Likewise at the same \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* I unto the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, Let every \w one|strong="H0376"\w* with his \w servant|strong="H5288"\w* \w lodge|strong="H3885"\w* \w within|strong="H8432"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, that in the \w night|strong="H3915"\w* they may be a \w guard|strong="H4929"\w* to us, and \w labour|strong="H4399"\w* on the \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.


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So neither I, nor my \w brethren|strong="H0251"\w*, nor my \w servants|strong="H5288"\w*, nor the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of the \w guard|strong="H4929"\w* which \w followed|strong="H0310"\w* me, none of \w us|strong="H0587"\w* put \w off|strong="H6584"\w* our \w clothes|strong="H0899"\w*, <i>saving that</i> every \w one|strong="H0376"\w* put them \w off|strong="H7973"\w* for \w washing|strong="H4325"\w*.<n>saving…: or, every one went with his weapon for water</n><pb/>


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And there was a \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w cry|strong="H6818"\w* of the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* and of their \w wives|strong="H0802"\w* against their \w brethren|strong="H0251"\w* the \w Jews|strong="H3064"\w*.


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For there \w were|strong="H3426"\w* that \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, We, our \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*, and our \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w*, <i>are</i> \w many|strong="H7227"\w*: therefore we take \w up|strong="H3947"\w* \w corn|strong="H1715"\w* <i>for them</i>, that we may \w eat|strong="H0398"\w*, and \w live|strong="H2421"\w*.


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<i>Some</i> also there \w were|strong="H3426"\w* that \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, We have \w mortgaged|strong="H6148"\w* our \w lands|strong="H7704"\w*, \w vineyards|strong="H3754"\w*, and \w houses|strong="H1004"\w*, that we might \w buy|strong="H3947"\w* \w corn|strong="H1715"\w*, because of the \w dearth|strong="H7458"\w*.


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There \w were|strong="H3426"\w* also that \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, We have \w borrowed|strong="H3867"\w* \w money|strong="H3701"\w* for the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w tribute|strong="H4060"\w*, <i>and that upon</i> our \w lands|strong="H7704"\w* and \w vineyards|strong="H3754"\w*.


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Yet now our \w flesh|strong="H1320"\w* <i>is</i> as the \w flesh|strong="H1320"\w* of our \w brethren|strong="H0251"\w*, our \w children|strong="H1121"\w* as their \w children|strong="H1121"\w*: and, lo, we bring into \w bondage|strong="H3533"\w* our \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* and our \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w* to be \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*, and <i>some</i> of our \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w* \w are|strong="H3426"\w* brought unto \w bondage|strong="H3533"\w* <i>already:</i> neither <i>is it</i> in our \w power|strong="H0410"\w* <i>to redeem them;</i> for other \w men|strong="H0312"\w* have our \w lands|strong="H7704"\w* and \w vineyards|strong="H3754"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And I was \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w angry|strong="H2734"\w* when I \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* their \w cry|strong="H2201"\w* and these \w words|strong="H1697"\w*.


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Then I \w consulted|strong="H4427"\w* with \w myself|strong="H3820"\w*, and I \w rebuked|strong="H7378"\w* the \w nobles|strong="H2715"\w*, and the \w rulers|strong="H5461"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto them, Ye \w exact|strong="H5378"\w* \w usury|strong="H4855"\w*, every \w one|strong="H0376"\w* of his \w brother|strong="H0251"\w*. And I \w set|strong="H5414"\w* a \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w assembly|strong="H6952"\w* against them.<n>I consulted…: Heb. my heart consulted in me</n>


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And I \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto them, We after our \w ability|strong="H1767"\w* have \w redeemed|strong="H7069"\w* our \w brethren|strong="H0251"\w* the \w Jews|strong="H3064"\w*, which were \w sold|strong="H4376"\w* unto the \w heathen|strong="H1471"\w*; and will ye even \w sell|strong="H4376"\w* your \w brethren|strong="H0251"\w*? or shall they be \w sold|strong="H4376"\w* unto us? Then held they their \w peace|strong="H2790"\w*, and \w found|strong="H4672"\w* \w nothing|strong="H1697"\w* <i>to answer</i>.


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Also I \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, It <i>is</i> not \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w that|strong="H1697"\w* ye \w do|strong="H6213"\w*: ought ye not to \w walk|strong="H3212"\w* in the \w fear|strong="H3374"\w* of our \w God|strong="H0430"\w* because of the \w reproach|strong="H2781"\w* of the \w heathen|strong="H1471"\w* our \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w*?


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I likewise, <i>and</i> my \w brethren|strong="H0251"\w*, and my \w servants|strong="H5288"\w*, might \w exact|strong="H5383"\w* of them \w money|strong="H3701"\w* and \w corn|strong="H1715"\w*: I pray you, let us leave \w off|strong="H5800"\w* this \w usury|strong="H4855"\w*.


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\w Restore|strong="H7725"\w*, I pray you, to them, even this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, their \w lands|strong="H7704"\w*, their \w vineyards|strong="H3754"\w*, their \w oliveyards|strong="H2132"\w*, and their \w houses|strong="H1004"\w*, also the \w hundredth|strong="H3967"\w* <i>part</i> of the \w money|strong="H3701"\w*, and of the \w corn|strong="H1715"\w*, the \w wine|strong="H8492"\w*, and the \w oil|strong="H3323"\w*, that ye \w exact|strong="H5383"\w* of them.


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Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* they, We will \w restore|strong="H7725"\w* <i>them</i>, and will \w require|strong="H1245"\w* nothing of them; so will we \w do|strong="H6213"\w* as thou \w sayest|strong="H0559"\w*. Then I \w called|strong="H7121"\w* the \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*, and took an \w oath|strong="H7650"\w* of them, that they should \w do|strong="H6213"\w* according to this \w promise|strong="H1697"\w*.


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Also I \w shook|strong="H5287"\w* my \w lap|strong="H2684"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, So \w God|strong="H0430"\w* shake \w out|strong="H5287"\w* every \w man|strong="H0376"\w* from his \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, and from his \w labour|strong="H3018"\w*, that \w performeth|strong="H6965"\w* not this \w promise|strong="H1697"\w*, even thus be he shaken \w out|strong="H5287"\w*, and \w emptied|strong="H7386"\w*. And all the \w congregation|strong="H6951"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Amen|strong="H0543"\w*, and \w praised|strong="H1984"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*. And the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* according to this \w promise|strong="H1697"\w*.<n>emptied: Heb. empty, or, void</n><pb/>


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¶ Moreover from the \w time|strong="H3117"\w* that I was \w appointed|strong="H6680"\w* to be their \w governor|strong="H6346"\w* in the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, from the \w twentieth|strong="H6242"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* even unto the \w two|strong="H8147"\w* and \w thirtieth|strong="H7970"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* of \w Artaxerxes|strong="H0783"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, <i>that is</i>, \w twelve|strong="H8147"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w*, I and my \w brethren|strong="H0251"\w* have not \w eaten|strong="H0398"\w* the \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* of the \w governor|strong="H6346"\w*.


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But the \w former|strong="H7223"\w* \w governors|strong="H6346"\w* that <i>had been</i> \w before|strong="H6440"\w* me were \w chargeable|strong="H3513"\w* unto the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, and had \w taken|strong="H3947"\w* of them \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* and \w wine|strong="H3196"\w*, \w beside|strong="H0310"\w* \w forty|strong="H0705"\w* \w shekels|strong="H8255"\w* of \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*; yea, \w even|strong="H1571"\w* their \w servants|strong="H5288"\w* bare \w rule|strong="H7980"\w* over the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*: but so \w did|strong="H6213"\w* not I, \w because|strong="H6440"\w* of the \w fear|strong="H3374"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*.


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Yea, also I \w continued|strong="H2388"\w* in the \w work|strong="H4399"\w* of this \w wall|strong="H2346"\w*, neither \w bought|strong="H7069"\w* we any \w land|strong="H7704"\w*: and all my \w servants|strong="H5288"\w* <i>were</i> \w gathered|strong="H6908"\w* thither unto the \w work|strong="H4399"\w*.


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Moreover <i>there were</i> at my \w table|strong="H7979"\w* an \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* and \w fifty|strong="H2572"\w* of the \w Jews|strong="H3064"\w* and \w rulers|strong="H5461"\w*, beside those that \w came|strong="H0935"\w* unto us from among the \w heathen|strong="H1471"\w* that <i>are</i> about \w us|strong="H5439"\w*.


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Now <i>that</i> which was \w prepared|strong="H6213"\w* <i>for me</i> \w daily|strong="H3117"\w* <i>was</i> \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w ox|strong="H7794"\w* <i>and</i> \w six|strong="H8337"\w* \w choice|strong="H1305"\w* \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w*; also \w fowls|strong="H6833"\w* were \w prepared|strong="H6213"\w* for me, and once in \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w store|strong="H7235"\w* of all sorts of \w wine|strong="H3196"\w*: yet for \w all|strong="H5973"\w* this \w required|strong="H1245"\w* not I the \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* of the \w governor|strong="H6346"\w*, because the \w bondage|strong="H5656"\w* was \w heavy|strong="H3513"\w* upon this \w people|strong="H5971"\w*.


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\w Think|strong="H2142"\w* upon me, my \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, for \w good|strong="H2896"\w*, <i>according</i> to all that I have \w done|strong="H6213"\w* for this \w people|strong="H5971"\w*.<pb/>


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Now it came to pass, when \w Sanballat|strong="H5571"\w*, and \w Tobiah|strong="H2900"\w*, and \w Geshem|strong="H1654"\w* the \w Arabian|strong="H6163"\w*, and the \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* of our \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w*, \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* that I had \w builded|strong="H1129"\w* the \w wall|strong="H2346"\w*, and <i>that</i> there was no \w breach|strong="H6556"\w* \w left|strong="H3498"\w* therein; (\w though|strong="H1571"\w* at that \w time|strong="H6256"\w* I had not set \w up|strong="H5975"\w* the \w doors|strong="H1817"\w* upon the \w gates|strong="H8179"\w*;)


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That \w Sanballat|strong="H5571"\w* and \w Geshem|strong="H1654"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* unto me, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Come|strong="H3212"\w*, let us \w meet|strong="H3259"\w* \w together|strong="H3162"\w* in <i>some one of</i> the \w villages|strong="H3715"\w* in the \w plain|strong="H1237"\w* of \w Ono|strong="H0207"\w*. But they \w thought|strong="H2803"\w* to \w do|strong="H6213"\w* me \w mischief|strong="H7451"\w*.


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And I \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w messengers|strong="H4397"\w* unto them, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, I <i>am</i> \w doing|strong="H6213"\w* a \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w work|strong="H4399"\w*, so that I \w cannot|strong="H3201"\w* come \w down|strong="H3381"\w*: why should the \w work|strong="H4399"\w* \w cease|strong="H7673"\w*, \w whilst|strong="H0834"\w* I \w leave|strong="H7503"\w* it, and come \w down|strong="H3381"\w* to you?


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Yet they \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* unto me \w four|strong="H0702"\w* \w times|strong="H6471"\w* after this \w sort|strong="H1697"\w*; and I \w answered|strong="H7725"\w* them after the same \w manner|strong="H1697"\w*.


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Then \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w Sanballat|strong="H5571"\w* his \w servant|strong="H5288"\w* unto me in like \w manner|strong="H1697"\w* the \w fifth|strong="H2549"\w* \w time|strong="H6471"\w* with an \w open|strong="H6605"\w* \w letter|strong="H0107"\w* in his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*;


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Wherein <i>was</i> \w written|strong="H3789"\w*, It is \w reported|strong="H8085"\w* among the \w heathen|strong="H1471"\w*, and \w Gashmu|strong="H1654"\w* \w saith|strong="H0559"\w* <i>it, that</i> thou and the \w Jews|strong="H3064"\w* \w think|strong="H2803"\w* to \w rebel|strong="H4775"\w*: for which \w cause|strong="H3651"\w* thou \w buildest|strong="H1129"\w* the \w wall|strong="H2346"\w*, that thou mayest \w be|strong="H1933"\w* their \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, according to these \w words|strong="H1697"\w*.<n>Gashmu: also called, Geshem</n>


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And thou hast also \w appointed|strong="H5975"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* to \w preach|strong="H7121"\w* of thee at \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, <i>There is</i> a \w king|strong="H4428"\w* in \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*: and now shall it be \w reported|strong="H8085"\w* to the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* according to these \w words|strong="H1697"\w*. \w Come|strong="H3212"\w* now therefore, and let us take \w counsel|strong="H3289"\w* \w together|strong="H3162"\w*.


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Then I \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* unto him, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, There \w are|strong="H1961"\w* no such \w things|strong="H1697"\w* \w done|strong="H1961"\w* as thou \w sayest|strong="H0559"\w*, but thou \w feignest|strong="H0908"\w* them out of thine own \w heart|strong="H3820"\w*.


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For they all made us \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Their \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* shall be \w weakened|strong="H7503"\w* from the \w work|strong="H4399"\w*, that it be not \w done|strong="H6213"\w*. Now therefore, <i>O God</i>, \w strengthen|strong="H2388"\w* my \w hands|strong="H3027"\w*.<pb/>


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Afterward I \w came|strong="H0935"\w* unto the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Shemaiah|strong="H8098"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Delaiah|strong="H1806"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Mehetabeel|strong="H4105"\w*, who <i>was</i> shut \w up|strong="H6113"\w*; and he \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Let us meet \w together|strong="H3259"\w* in the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, \w within|strong="H8432"\w* the \w temple|strong="H1964"\w*, and let us \w shut|strong="H5462"\w* the \w doors|strong="H1817"\w* of the \w temple|strong="H1964"\w*: for they will \w come|strong="H0935"\w* to \w slay|strong="H2026"\w* thee; yea, in the \w night|strong="H3915"\w* will they \w come|strong="H0935"\w* to \w slay|strong="H2026"\w* thee.


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And I \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Should \w such|strong="H3644"\w* a \w man|strong="H0376"\w* as I \w flee|strong="H1272"\w*? and who <i>is there</i>, that, <i>being</i> as I <i>am</i>, would \w go|strong="H0935"\w* into the \w temple|strong="H1964"\w* to save his \w life|strong="H2425"\w*? I will not go \w in|strong="H0935"\w*.


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And, lo, I \w perceived|strong="H5234"\w* that \w God|strong="H0430"\w* had not \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* him; but that he \w pronounced|strong="H1696"\w* this \w prophecy|strong="H5016"\w* against me: for \w Tobiah|strong="H2900"\w* and \w Sanballat|strong="H5571"\w* had \w hired|strong="H7936"\w* him.


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Therefore <i>was</i> he \w hired|strong="H7936"\w*, that I should be \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w*, and do \w so|strong="H6213"\w*, and \w sin|strong="H2398"\w*, and <i>that</i> they might have <i>matter</i> for an \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w report|strong="H8034"\w*, that they might \w reproach|strong="H2778"\w* me.


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My \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, \w think|strong="H2142"\w* thou upon \w Tobiah|strong="H2900"\w* and \w Sanballat|strong="H5571"\w* according to these their \w works|strong="H4639"\w*, and on the \w prophetess|strong="H5031"\w* \w Noadiah|strong="H5129"\w*, and the \w rest|strong="H3499"\w* of the \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w*, that would have put me in \w fear|strong="H3372"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ So the \w wall|strong="H2346"\w* was \w finished|strong="H7999"\w* in the \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* and \w fifth|strong="H2568"\w* <i>day</i> of <i>the month</i> \w Elul|strong="H0435"\w*, in \w fifty|strong="H2572"\w* and \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w*.


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And it came to pass, that when all our \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* <i>thereof</i>, and all the \w heathen|strong="H1471"\w* that <i>were</i> about \w us|strong="H5439"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* <i>these things</i>, they were \w much|strong="H3966"\w* cast \w down|strong="H5307"\w* in their own \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*: for they \w perceived|strong="H3045"\w* that this \w work|strong="H4399"\w* was \w wrought|strong="H6213"\w* of our \w God|strong="H0430"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ Moreover in those \w days|strong="H3117"\w* the \w nobles|strong="H2715"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w sent|strong="H1980"\w* \w many|strong="H7235"\w* \w letters|strong="H0107"\w* unto \w Tobiah|strong="H2900"\w*, and <i>the letters</i> of \w Tobiah|strong="H2900"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* unto them.<n>sent…: Heb. multiplied their letters passing to Tobiah</n>


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For <i>there were</i> \w many|strong="H7227"\w* in \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w sworn|strong="H1167"\w* unto him, because he <i>was</i> the son in \w law|strong="H2860"\w* of \w Shechaniah|strong="H7935"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Arah|strong="H0733"\w*; and his \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w Johanan|strong="H3076"\w* had \w taken|strong="H3947"\w* the \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* of \w Meshullam|strong="H4918"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Berechiah|strong="H1296"\w*.


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Also they \w reported|strong="H0559"\w* his good \w deeds|strong="H2896"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* me, and \w uttered|strong="H3318"\w* my \w words|strong="H1697"\w* to him. <i>And</i> \w Tobiah|strong="H2900"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w letters|strong="H0107"\w* to put me in \w fear|strong="H3372"\w*.<n>words: or, matters</n><pb/>


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Now it came to pass, when the \w wall|strong="H2346"\w* was \w built|strong="H1129"\w*, and I had set \w up|strong="H5975"\w* the \w doors|strong="H1817"\w*, and the \w porters|strong="H7778"\w* and the \w singers|strong="H7891"\w* and the \w Levites|strong="H3881"\w* were \w appointed|strong="H6485"\w*,


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That I gave my \w brother|strong="H0251"\w* \w Hanani|strong="H2607"\w*, and \w Hananiah|strong="H2608"\w* the \w ruler|strong="H8269"\w* of the \w palace|strong="H1002"\w*, \w charge|strong="H6680"\w* over \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*: for he <i>was</i> a \w faithful|strong="H0571"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w*, and \w feared|strong="H3372"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* above \w many|strong="H7227"\w*.


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And I \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto them, Let not the \w gates|strong="H8179"\w* of \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* be \w opened|strong="H6605"\w* until the \w sun|strong="H8121"\w* be \w hot|strong="H2527"\w*; and while they stand \w by|strong="H5975"\w*, let them \w shut|strong="H1479"\w* the \w doors|strong="H1817"\w*, and \w bar|strong="H0270"\w* <i>them:</i> and \w appoint|strong="H5975"\w* \w watches|strong="H4931"\w* of the \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* of \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, every \w one|strong="H0376"\w* in his \w watch|strong="H4929"\w*, and every \w one|strong="H0376"\w* <i>to be</i> over against his \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.


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Now the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* <i>was</i> \w large|strong="H7342"\w* and \w great|strong="H1419"\w*: but the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* <i>were</i> \w few|strong="H4592"\w* \w therein|strong="H8432"\w*, and the \w houses|strong="H1004"\w* <i>were</i> not \w builded|strong="H1129"\w*.<n>large: Heb. broad in spaces</n><pb/>


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¶ And my \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w put|strong="H5414"\w* into mine \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* to gather \w together|strong="H6908"\w* the \w nobles|strong="H2715"\w*, and the \w rulers|strong="H5461"\w*, and the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, that they might be reckoned by \w genealogy|strong="H3187"\w*. And I \w found|strong="H4672"\w* a \w register|strong="H5612"\w* of the \w genealogy|strong="H3188"\w* of them which came \w up|strong="H5927"\w* at the \w first|strong="H7223"\w*, and \w found|strong="H4672"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* therein,


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These <i>are</i> the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of the \w province|strong="H4082"\w*, that went \w up|strong="H5927"\w* out of the \w captivity|strong="H7628"\w*, of those that had been carried \w away|strong="H1473"\w*, whom \w Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w* had carried \w away|strong="H1540"\w*, and came \w again|strong="H7725"\w* to \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* and to \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, every \w one|strong="H0376"\w* unto his \w city|strong="H5892"\w*;


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Who \w came|strong="H0935"\w* with \w Zerubbabel|strong="H2216"\w*, \w Jeshua|strong="H3442"\w*, \w Nehemiah|strong="H5166"\w*, \w Azariah|strong="H5838"\w*, \w Raamiah|strong="H7485"\w*, \w Nahamani|strong="H5167"\w*, \w Mordecai|strong="H4782"\w*, \w Bilshan|strong="H1114"\w*, \w Mispereth|strong="H4559"\w*, \w Bigvai|strong="H0902"\w*, \w Nehum|strong="H5149"\w*, \w Baanah|strong="H1196"\w*. The \w number|strong="H4557"\w*, <i>I say</i>, of the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* <i>was this;</i><n>Azariah: also called, Seraiah</n>


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The \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Parosh|strong="H6551"\w*, \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* an \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w seventy|strong="H7657"\w* and \w two|strong="H8147"\w*.


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The \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Arah|strong="H0733"\w*, \w six|strong="H8337"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w fifty|strong="H2572"\w* and \w two|strong="H8147"\w*.


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The \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Pahath-moab|strong="H6355"\w*, of the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jeshua|strong="H3442"\w* and \w Joab|strong="H3097"\w*, two \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* and \w eight|strong="H8083"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* <i>and</i> \w eighteen|strong="H8083"\w*.


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The \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Zattu|strong="H2240"\w*, \w eight|strong="H8083"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w forty|strong="H0705"\w* and \w five|strong="H2568"\w*.


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The \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Binnui|strong="H1131"\w*, \w six|strong="H8337"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w forty|strong="H0705"\w* and \w eight|strong="H8083"\w*.<n>Binnui: also called, Bani</n>


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The \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Bebai|strong="H0893"\w*, \w six|strong="H8337"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* and \w eight|strong="H8083"\w*.


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The \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Azgad|strong="H5803"\w*, \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* and \w two|strong="H8147"\w*.


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The \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Adonikam|strong="H0140"\w*, \w six|strong="H8337"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w threescore|strong="H8346"\w* and \w seven|strong="H7651"\w*.


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The \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Bigvai|strong="H0902"\w*, two \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w threescore|strong="H8346"\w* and \w seven|strong="H7651"\w*.


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The \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Adin|strong="H5720"\w*, \w six|strong="H8337"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w fifty|strong="H2572"\w* and \w five|strong="H2568"\w*.


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The \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ater|strong="H0333"\w* of \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w*, \w ninety|strong="H8673"\w* and \w eight|strong="H8083"\w*.


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The \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Hashum|strong="H2828"\w*, \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* and \w eight|strong="H8083"\w*.


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The \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Bezai|strong="H1209"\w*, \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* and \w four|strong="H0702"\w*.


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The \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Hariph|strong="H2756"\w*, an \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* and \w twelve|strong="H8147"\w*.<n>Hariph: also called, Jora</n>


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The \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Gibeon|strong="H1391"\w*, \w ninety|strong="H8673"\w* and \w five|strong="H2568"\w*.<n>Gibeon: also called, Gibbar</n>


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The \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of \w Beth-lehem|strong="H1035"\w* and \w Netophah|strong="H5199"\w*, an \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w fourscore|strong="H8084"\w* and \w eight|strong="H8083"\w*.


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The \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of \w Beth-azmaveth|strong="H1041"\w*, \w forty|strong="H0705"\w* and \w two|strong="H8147"\w*.<n>Beth-azmaveth: also called, Azmaveth</n>


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The \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of \w Kirjath-jearim|strong="H7157"\w*, \w Chephirah|strong="H3716"\w*, and \w Beeroth|strong="H0881"\w*, \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w forty|strong="H0705"\w* and \w three|strong="H7969"\w*.<n>Kirjath-jearim: also called, Kirjath-arim</n>


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The \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of \w Ramah|strong="H7414"\w* and \w Geba|strong="H1387"\w*, \w six|strong="H8337"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* and \w one|strong="H0259"\w*.


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The \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of \w Michmas|strong="H4363"\w*, an \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* and \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* and \w two|strong="H8147"\w*.


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The \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of \w Beth-el|strong="H1008"\w* and \w Ai|strong="H5857"\w*, an \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* and \w three|strong="H7969"\w*.


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The \w men|strong="H0582"\w* of the \w other|strong="H0312"\w* \w Nebo|strong="H5015"\w*, \w fifty|strong="H2572"\w* and \w two|strong="H8147"\w*.


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The \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Lod|strong="H3850"\w*, \w Hadid|strong="H2307"\w*, and \w Ono|strong="H0207"\w*, \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* and \w one|strong="H0259"\w*.


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The \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Senaah|strong="H5570"\w*, \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w nine|strong="H8672"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* and \w thirty|strong="H7970"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ The \w Levites|strong="H3881"\w*: the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jeshua|strong="H3442"\w*, of \w Kadmiel|strong="H6934"\w*, <i>and</i> of the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Hodevah|strong="H1937"\w*, \w seventy|strong="H7657"\w* and \w four|strong="H0702"\w*.<n>Hodevah: also called, Hodaviah or Judah</n><pb/>


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¶ The \w singers|strong="H7891"\w*: the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Asaph|strong="H0623"\w*, an \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w forty|strong="H0705"\w* and \w eight|strong="H8083"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ The \w porters|strong="H7778"\w*: the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Shallum|strong="H7967"\w*, the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ater|strong="H0333"\w*, the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Talmon|strong="H2929"\w*, the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Akkub|strong="H6126"\w*, the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Hatita|strong="H2410"\w*, the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Shobai|strong="H7630"\w*, an \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w thirty|strong="H7970"\w* and \w eight|strong="H8083"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ The \w Nethinims|strong="H5411"\w*: the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ziha|strong="H6727"\w*, the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Hashupha|strong="H2817"\w*, the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Tabbaoth|strong="H2884"\w*,


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The \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Keros|strong="H7026"\w*, the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Sia|strong="H5517"\w*, the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Padon|strong="H6303"\w*,


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The \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Lebana|strong="H3838"\w*, the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Hagaba|strong="H2286"\w*, the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Shalmai|strong="H8014"\w*,


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The \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Hanan|strong="H2605"\w*, the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Giddel|strong="H1435"\w*, the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Gahar|strong="H1515"\w*,


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The \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Reaiah|strong="H7211"\w*, the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Rezin|strong="H7526"\w*, the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Nekoda|strong="H5353"\w*,


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The \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Gazzam|strong="H1502"\w*, the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Uzza|strong="H5798"\w*, the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Phaseah|strong="H6454"\w*,


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The \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Besai|strong="H1153"\w*, the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Meunim|strong="H4586"\w*, the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Nephishesim|strong="H5300"\w*,


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The \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Bazlith|strong="H1213"\w*, the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Mehida|strong="H4240"\w*, the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Harsha|strong="H2797"\w*,


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The \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Barkos|strong="H1302"\w*, the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Sisera|strong="H5516"\w*, the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Tamah|strong="H8547"\w*,


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¶ The \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Solomon’s|strong="H8010"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*: the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Sotai|strong="H5479"\w*, the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Sophereth|strong="H5618"\w*, the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Perida|strong="H6514"\w*,


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The \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jaala|strong="H3279"\w*, the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Darkon|strong="H1874"\w*, the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Giddel|strong="H1435"\w*,


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The \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Shephatiah|strong="H8203"\w*, the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Hattil|strong="H2411"\w*, the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of Pochereth of \w Zebaim|strong="H6380"\w*, the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Amon|strong="H0526"\w*.<n>Amon: also called, Ami</n>


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And these <i>were</i> they which went \w up|strong="H5927"\w* <i>also</i> from \w Tel-melah|strong="H8528"\w*, \w Tel-haresha|strong="H8521"\w*, \w Cherub|strong="H3743"\w*, \w Addon|strong="H0114"\w*, and \w Immer|strong="H0564"\w*: but they \w could|strong="H3201"\w* not \w shew|strong="H5046"\w* their \w father’s|strong="H0001"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, nor their \w seed|strong="H2233"\w*, whether they <i>were</i> of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.<n>seed: or, pedigree</n>


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The \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Delaiah|strong="H1806"\w*, the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Tobiah|strong="H2900"\w*, the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Nekoda|strong="H5353"\w*, \w six|strong="H8337"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w forty|strong="H0705"\w* and \w two|strong="H8147"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And of the \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*: the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Habaiah|strong="H2252"\w*, the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Koz|strong="H6976"\w*, the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Barzillai|strong="H1271"\w*, which \w took|strong="H3947"\w* <i>one</i> of the \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w* of \w Barzillai|strong="H1271"\w* the \w Gileadite|strong="H1569"\w* to \w wife|strong="H0802"\w*, and was \w called|strong="H7121"\w* after their \w name|strong="H8034"\w*.


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These \w sought|strong="H1245"\w* their \w register|strong="H3791"\w* <i>among</i> those that were reckoned by \w genealogy|strong="H3187"\w*, but it was not \w found|strong="H4672"\w*: therefore were they, as \w polluted|strong="H1351"\w*, put from the \w priesthood|strong="H3550"\w*.


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And the \w Tirshatha|strong="H8660"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto them, that they should not \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* of the \w most|strong="H6944"\w* holy \w things|strong="H6944"\w*, till there \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* <i>up</i> a \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* with \w Urim|strong="H0224"\w* and \w Thummim|strong="H8550"\w*.<n>the Tirshatha: or, the governor</n><pb/>


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¶ The whole \w congregation|strong="H6951"\w* \w together|strong="H0259"\w* <i>was</i> \w forty|strong="H0702"\w* and two \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* and \w threescore|strong="H8346"\w*,


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Beside their \w manservants|strong="H5650"\w* and their \w maidservants|strong="H0519"\w*, of whom <i>there were</i> \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w thirty|strong="H7970"\w* and \w seven|strong="H7651"\w*: and they had two \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w forty|strong="H0705"\w* and \w five|strong="H2568"\w* singing \w men|strong="H7891"\w* and singing \w women|strong="H7891"\w*.


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Their \w horses|strong="H5483"\w*, \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w thirty|strong="H7970"\w* and \w six|strong="H8337"\w*: their \w mules|strong="H6505"\w*, two \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w forty|strong="H0705"\w* and \w five|strong="H2568"\w*:


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<i>Their</i> \w camels|strong="H1581"\w*, \w four|strong="H0702"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w thirty|strong="H7970"\w* and \w five|strong="H2568"\w*: \w six|strong="H8337"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* and \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* \w asses|strong="H2543"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And some \w of|strong="H7117"\w* the \w chief|strong="H7218"\w* of the \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* unto the \w work|strong="H4399"\w*. The \w Tirshatha|strong="H8660"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* to the \w treasure|strong="H0214"\w* a \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w drams|strong="H1871"\w* of \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*, \w fifty|strong="H2572"\w* \w basons|strong="H4219"\w*, \w five|strong="H2568"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* and \w thirty|strong="H7970"\w* \w priests’|strong="H3548"\w* \w garments|strong="H3801"\w*.<n>some: Heb. part.</n><n>The Tirshatha: or, the governor</n>


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And <i>some</i> of the \w chief|strong="H7218"\w* of the \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* to the \w treasure|strong="H0214"\w* of the \w work|strong="H4399"\w* \w twenty|strong="H8147"\w* \w thousand|strong="H7239"\w* \w drams|strong="H1871"\w* of \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*, and two \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* and two \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w pound|strong="H4488"\w* of \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*.


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And <i>that</i> which the \w rest|strong="H7611"\w* of the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* <i>was</i> \w twenty|strong="H8147"\w* \w thousand|strong="H7239"\w* \w drams|strong="H1871"\w* of \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*, and two \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w pound|strong="H4488"\w* of \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*, and \w threescore|strong="H8346"\w* and \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w priests’|strong="H3548"\w* \w garments|strong="H3801"\w*.


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So the \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*, and the \w Levites|strong="H3881"\w*, and the \w porters|strong="H7778"\w*, and the \w singers|strong="H7891"\w*, and <i>some</i> of the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, and the \w Nethinims|strong="H5411"\w*, and all \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w dwelt|strong="H3427"\w* in their \w cities|strong="H5892"\w*; and when the \w seventh|strong="H7637"\w* \w month|strong="H2320"\w* \w came|strong="H5060"\w*, the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* <i>were</i> in their \w cities|strong="H5892"\w*.<pb/>


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And all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* gathered themselves \w together|strong="H0622"\w* as \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* into the \w street|strong="H7339"\w* that <i>was</i> \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w gate|strong="H8179"\w*; and they \w spake|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Ezra|strong="H5830"\w* the \w scribe|strong="H5608"\w* to \w bring|strong="H0935"\w* the \w book|strong="H5612"\w* of the \w law|strong="H8451"\w* of \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w*, which the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* had \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* to \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.


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And \w Ezra|strong="H5830"\w* the \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* the \w law|strong="H8451"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \w congregation|strong="H6951"\w* both of \w men|strong="H0376"\w* and \w women|strong="H0802"\w*, and all that could \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* with \w understanding|strong="H0995"\w*, upon the \w first|strong="H0259"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* of the \w seventh|strong="H7637"\w* \w month|strong="H2320"\w*.<n>that…: Heb. that understood in hearing</n>


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And he \w read|strong="H7121"\w* therein \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \w street|strong="H7339"\w* that <i>was</i> \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w gate|strong="H8179"\w* from the \w morning|strong="H0216"\w* until \w midday|strong="H4276"\w*, before the \w men|strong="H0582"\w* and the \w women|strong="H0802"\w*, and those that could \w understand|strong="H0995"\w*; and the \w ears|strong="H0241"\w* of all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* <i>were attentive</i> unto the \w book|strong="H5612"\w* of the \w law|strong="H8451"\w*.<n>from…: Heb. from the light</n>


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And \w Ezra|strong="H5830"\w* the \w scribe|strong="H5608"\w* \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* upon a \w pulpit|strong="H4026"\w* of \w wood|strong="H6086"\w*, which they had \w made|strong="H6213"\w* for the \w purpose|strong="H1697"\w*; and \w beside|strong="H0681"\w* him \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* \w Mattithiah|strong="H4993"\w*, and \w Shema|strong="H8087"\w*, and \w Anaiah|strong="H6043"\w*, and \w Urijah|strong="H0223"\w*, and \w Hilkiah|strong="H2518"\w*, and \w Maaseiah|strong="H4641"\w*, on his right \w hand|strong="H3225"\w*; and on his left \w hand|strong="H8040"\w*, \w Pedaiah|strong="H6305"\w*, and \w Mishael|strong="H4332"\w*, and \w Malchiah|strong="H4441"\w*, and \w Hashum|strong="H2828"\w*, and \w Hashbadana|strong="H2806"\w*, \w Zechariah|strong="H2148"\w*, <i>and</i> \w Meshullam|strong="H4918"\w*.<n>pulpit…: Heb. tower of wood</n>


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And \w Ezra|strong="H5830"\w* \w opened|strong="H6605"\w* the \w book|strong="H5612"\w* in the \w sight|strong="H5869"\w* of all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*; (for he was above all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*;) and when he \w opened|strong="H6605"\w* it, all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* stood \w up|strong="H5975"\w*:<n>sight: Heb. eyes</n>


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And \w Ezra|strong="H5830"\w* \w blessed|strong="H1288"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, the \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*. And all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w answered|strong="H6030"\w*, \w Amen|strong="H0543"\w*, \w Amen|strong="H0543"\w*, with lifting \w up|strong="H4607"\w* their \w hands|strong="H3027"\w*: and they \w bowed|strong="H6915"\w* their heads, and \w worshipped|strong="H7812"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* with <i>their</i> \w faces|strong="H0639"\w* to the \w ground|strong="H0776"\w*.


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Also \w Jeshua|strong="H3442"\w*, and \w Bani|strong="H1137"\w*, and \w Sherebiah|strong="H8274"\w*, \w Jamin|strong="H3226"\w*, \w Akkub|strong="H6126"\w*, \w Shabbethai|strong="H7678"\w*, \w Hodijah|strong="H1941"\w*, \w Maaseiah|strong="H4641"\w*, \w Kelita|strong="H7042"\w*, \w Azariah|strong="H5838"\w*, \w Jozabad|strong="H3107"\w*, \w Hanan|strong="H2605"\w*, \w Pelaiah|strong="H6411"\w*, and the \w Levites|strong="H3881"\w*, caused the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* to \w understand|strong="H0995"\w* the \w law|strong="H8451"\w*: and the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* <i>stood</i> in their \w place|strong="H5977"\w*.


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So they \w read|strong="H7121"\w* in the \w book|strong="H5612"\w* in the \w law|strong="H8451"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w distinctly|strong="H6567"\w*, and \w gave|strong="H7760"\w* the \w sense|strong="H7922"\w*, and caused <i>them</i> to \w understand|strong="H0995"\w* the \w reading|strong="H4744"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And \w Nehemiah|strong="H5166"\w*, which <i>is</i> the \w Tirshatha|strong="H8660"\w*, and \w Ezra|strong="H5830"\w* the \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* the \w scribe|strong="H5608"\w*, and the \w Levites|strong="H3881"\w* that \w taught|strong="H0995"\w* the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, This \w day|strong="H3117"\w* <i>is</i> \w holy|strong="H6918"\w* unto the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* your \w God|strong="H0430"\w*; \w mourn|strong="H0056"\w* not, nor \w weep|strong="H1058"\w*. For all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w wept|strong="H1058"\w*, when they \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* the \w words|strong="H1697"\w* of the \w law|strong="H8451"\w*.<n>the Tirshatha: or, the governor</n>


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Then he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto them, Go your \w way|strong="H3212"\w*, \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* the \w fat|strong="H4924"\w*, and \w drink|strong="H8354"\w* the \w sweet|strong="H4477"\w*, and \w send|strong="H7971"\w* \w portions|strong="H4490"\w* unto them for whom nothing is \w prepared|strong="H3559"\w*: for <i>this</i> \w day|strong="H3117"\w* <i>is</i> \w holy|strong="H6918"\w* unto our \w Lord|strong="H0113"\w*: neither be ye \w sorry|strong="H6087"\w*; for the \w joy|strong="H2304"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* is your \w strength|strong="H4581"\w*.


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So the \w Levites|strong="H3881"\w* \w stilled|strong="H2814"\w* all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Hold your \w peace|strong="H2013"\w*, for the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* <i>is</i> \w holy|strong="H6918"\w*; neither be ye \w grieved|strong="H6087"\w*.


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And all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* went their \w way|strong="H3212"\w* to \w eat|strong="H0398"\w*, and to \w drink|strong="H8354"\w*, and to \w send|strong="H7971"\w* \w portions|strong="H4490"\w*, and to \w make|strong="H6213"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w mirth|strong="H8057"\w*, because they had \w understood|strong="H0995"\w* the \w words|strong="H1697"\w* that were \w declared|strong="H3045"\w* unto them.<pb/>


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¶ And on the \w second|strong="H8145"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* were gathered \w together|strong="H0622"\w* the \w chief|strong="H7218"\w* of the \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w* of all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, the \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*, and the \w Levites|strong="H3881"\w*, unto \w Ezra|strong="H5830"\w* the \w scribe|strong="H5608"\w*, even to \w understand|strong="H7919"\w* the \w words|strong="H1697"\w* of the \w law|strong="H8451"\w*.<n>to understand…: or, that they might instruct in the words of the law</n>


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And they \w found|strong="H4672"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w* in the \w law|strong="H8451"\w* which the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* had \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* \w by|strong="H3027"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w*, that the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* should \w dwell|strong="H3427"\w* in \w booths|strong="H5521"\w* in the \w feast|strong="H2282"\w* of the \w seventh|strong="H7637"\w* \w month|strong="H2320"\w*:<n>by: Heb. by the hand of</n>


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And that they should \w publish|strong="H8085"\w* and \w proclaim|strong="H5674"\w* in all their \w cities|strong="H5892"\w*, and in \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, Go \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* unto the \w mount|strong="H2022"\w*, and \w fetch|strong="H0935"\w* \w olive|strong="H2132"\w* \w branches|strong="H5929"\w*, and \w pine|strong="H8081"\w* \w branches|strong="H6086"\w*, and \w myrtle|strong="H1918"\w* \w branches|strong="H5929"\w*, and \w palm|strong="H8558"\w* \w branches|strong="H5929"\w*, and \w branches|strong="H5929"\w* of \w thick|strong="H5687"\w* \w trees|strong="H6086"\w*, to \w make|strong="H6213"\w* \w booths|strong="H5521"\w*, as <i>it is</i> \w written|strong="H3789"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ So the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* went \w forth|strong="H3318"\w*, and \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* <i>them</i>, and \w made|strong="H6213"\w* themselves \w booths|strong="H5521"\w*, every \w one|strong="H0376"\w* upon the roof of his \w house|strong="H1406"\w*, and in their \w courts|strong="H2691"\w*, and in the \w courts|strong="H2691"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, and in the \w street|strong="H7339"\w* of the \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w gate|strong="H8179"\w*, and in the \w street|strong="H7339"\w* of the \w gate|strong="H8179"\w* of \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w*.


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And all the \w congregation|strong="H6951"\w* of them that were come \w again|strong="H7725"\w* out of the \w captivity|strong="H7628"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w booths|strong="H5521"\w*, and \w sat|strong="H3427"\w* under the \w booths|strong="H5521"\w*: for since the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* of \w Jeshua|strong="H3442"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Nun|strong="H5126"\w* unto that \w day|strong="H3117"\w* had not the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* done \w so|strong="H6213"\w*. And there was \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w gladness|strong="H8057"\w*.


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Also \w day|strong="H3117"\w* by \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, from the \w first|strong="H7223"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* unto the \w last|strong="H0314"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, he \w read|strong="H7121"\w* in the \w book|strong="H5612"\w* of the \w law|strong="H8451"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*. And they \w kept|strong="H6213"\w* the \w feast|strong="H2282"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w*; and on the \w eighth|strong="H8066"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* <i>was</i> a solemn \w assembly|strong="H6116"\w*, according unto the \w manner|strong="H4941"\w*.<n>a solemn…: Heb. a restraint</n><pb/>


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Now in the \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* and \w fourth|strong="H0702"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* of this \w month|strong="H2320"\w* the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* were \w assembled|strong="H0622"\w* with \w fasting|strong="H6685"\w*, and with \w sackclothes|strong="H8242"\w*, and \w earth|strong="H0127"\w* upon them.


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And the \w seed|strong="H2233"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w separated|strong="H0914"\w* themselves from all \w strangers|strong="H1121"\w*, and \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* and \w confessed|strong="H3034"\w* their \w sins|strong="H2403"\w*, and the \w iniquities|strong="H5771"\w* of their \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*.<n>strangers: Heb. strange children</n>


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And they stood \w up|strong="H6965"\w* in their \w place|strong="H5977"\w*, and \w read|strong="H7121"\w* in the \w book|strong="H5612"\w* of the \w law|strong="H8451"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* their \w God|strong="H0430"\w* <i>one</i> fourth \w part|strong="H7243"\w* of the \w day|strong="H3117"\w*; and <i>another</i> fourth \w part|strong="H7243"\w* they \w confessed|strong="H3034"\w*, and \w worshipped|strong="H7812"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* their \w God|strong="H0430"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ Then stood \w up|strong="H6965"\w* upon the \w stairs|strong="H4608"\w*, of the \w Levites|strong="H3881"\w*, \w Jeshua|strong="H3442"\w*, and \w Bani|strong="H1137"\w*, \w Kadmiel|strong="H6934"\w*, \w Shebaniah|strong="H7645"\w*, \w Bunni|strong="H1138"\w*, \w Sherebiah|strong="H8274"\w*, \w Bani|strong="H1137"\w*, <i>and</i> \w Chenani|strong="H3662"\w*, and \w cried|strong="H2199"\w* with a \w loud|strong="H1419"\w* \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* unto the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* their \w God|strong="H0430"\w*.<n>stairs: or, scaffold</n>


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Then the \w Levites|strong="H3881"\w*, \w Jeshua|strong="H3442"\w*, and \w Kadmiel|strong="H6934"\w*, \w Bani|strong="H1137"\w*, \w Hashabniah|strong="H2813"\w*, \w Sherebiah|strong="H8274"\w*, \w Hodijah|strong="H1941"\w*, \w Shebaniah|strong="H7645"\w*, <i>and</i> \w Pethahiah|strong="H6611"\w*, \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Stand \w up|strong="H6965"\w* <i>and</i> \w bless|strong="H1288"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* your \w God|strong="H0430"\w* for \w ever|strong="H5769"\w* and \w ever|strong="H5769"\w*: and \w blessed|strong="H1288"\w* be thy \w glorious|strong="H3519"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w*, which is \w exalted|strong="H7311"\w* above all \w blessing|strong="H1293"\w* and \w praise|strong="H8416"\w*.


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Thou, <i>even</i> thou, <i>art</i>  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* alone; thou hast \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*, the \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w* of \w heavens|strong="H8064"\w*, with all their \w host|strong="H6635"\w*, the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*, and all <i>things</i> that <i>are</i> therein, the \w seas|strong="H3220"\w*, and all that <i>is</i> therein, and thou \w preservest|strong="H2421"\w* them all; and the \w host|strong="H6635"\w* of \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w* \w worshippeth|strong="H7812"\w* thee.


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Thou <i>art</i> the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* the \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, who didst \w choose|strong="H0977"\w* \w Abram|strong="H0087"\w*, and broughtest him \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* out of \w Ur|strong="H0218"\w* of the \w Chaldees|strong="H3778"\w*, and \w gavest|strong="H7760"\w* him the \w name|strong="H8034"\w* of \w Abraham|strong="H0085"\w*;


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And \w foundest|strong="H4672"\w* his \w heart|strong="H3824"\w* \w faithful|strong="H0539"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* thee, and \w madest|strong="H3772"\w* a \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* with him to \w give|strong="H5414"\w* the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of the \w Canaanites|strong="H3669"\w*, the \w Hittites|strong="H2850"\w*, the \w Amorites|strong="H0567"\w*, and the \w Perizzites|strong="H6522"\w*, and the \w Jebusites|strong="H2983"\w*, and the \w Girgashites|strong="H1622"\w*, to \w give|strong="H5414"\w* <i>it, I say</i>, to his \w seed|strong="H2233"\w*, and hast \w performed|strong="H6965"\w* thy \w words|strong="H1697"\w*; for thou <i>art</i> \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w*:


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And didst \w see|strong="H7200"\w* the \w affliction|strong="H6040"\w* of our \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w* in \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, and \w heardest|strong="H8085"\w* their \w cry|strong="H2201"\w* by the \w Red|strong="H5488"\w* \w sea|strong="H3220"\w*;


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And \w shewedst|strong="H5414"\w* \w signs|strong="H0226"\w* and \w wonders|strong="H4159"\w* upon \w Pharaoh|strong="H6547"\w*, and on all his \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*, and on all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* of his \w land|strong="H0776"\w*: for thou \w knewest|strong="H3045"\w* that they dealt \w proudly|strong="H2102"\w* against them. So didst thou \w get|strong="H6213"\w* thee a \w name|strong="H8034"\w*, as <i>it is</i> this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.


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And thou didst \w divide|strong="H1234"\w* the \w sea|strong="H3220"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* them, so that they went \w through|strong="H5674"\w* the \w midst|strong="H8432"\w* of the \w sea|strong="H3220"\w* on the dry \w land|strong="H3004"\w*; and their \w persecutors|strong="H7291"\w* thou \w threwest|strong="H7993"\w* into the \w deeps|strong="H4688"\w*, as a \w stone|strong="H0068"\w* into the \w mighty|strong="H5794"\w* \w waters|strong="H4325"\w*.


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Moreover thou \w leddest|strong="H5148"\w* them in the \w day|strong="H3119"\w* by a \w cloudy|strong="H6051"\w* \w pillar|strong="H5982"\w*; and in the \w night|strong="H3915"\w* by a \w pillar|strong="H5982"\w* of \w fire|strong="H0784"\w*, to give them \w light|strong="H0215"\w* in the \w way|strong="H1870"\w* wherein they should \w go|strong="H3212"\w*.


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Thou camest \w down|strong="H3381"\w* also upon \w mount|strong="H2022"\w* \w Sinai|strong="H5514"\w*, and \w spakest|strong="H1696"\w* with them from \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*, and \w gavest|strong="H5414"\w* them \w right|strong="H3477"\w* \w judgments|strong="H4941"\w*, and \w true|strong="H0571"\w* \w laws|strong="H8451"\w*, \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w statutes|strong="H2706"\w* and \w commandments|strong="H4687"\w*:<n>true…: Heb. laws of truth</n>


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And madest \w known|strong="H3045"\w* unto them thy \w holy|strong="H6944"\w* \w sabbath|strong="H7676"\w*, and \w commandedst|strong="H6680"\w* them \w precepts|strong="H4687"\w*, \w statutes|strong="H2706"\w*, and \w laws|strong="H8451"\w*, by the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* thy \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*:


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And \w gavest|strong="H5414"\w* them \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* from \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w* for their \w hunger|strong="H7458"\w*, and broughtest \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w* for them out of the \w rock|strong="H5553"\w* for their \w thirst|strong="H6772"\w*, and \w promisedst|strong="H0559"\w* them that they should go \w in|strong="H0935"\w* to \w possess|strong="H3423"\w* the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* which thou hadst \w sworn|strong="H3027"\w* to \w give|strong="H5414"\w* them.<n>which…: Heb. which thou hadst lift up thine hand to give them</n>


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But they and our \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w* dealt \w proudly|strong="H2102"\w*, and \w hardened|strong="H7185"\w* their \w necks|strong="H6203"\w*, and \w hearkened|strong="H8085"\w* not to thy \w commandments|strong="H4687"\w*,


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And \w refused|strong="H3985"\w* to \w obey|strong="H8085"\w*, neither were \w mindful|strong="H2142"\w* of thy \w wonders|strong="H6381"\w* that thou \w didst|strong="H6213"\w* among them; but \w hardened|strong="H7185"\w* their \w necks|strong="H6203"\w*, and in their \w rebellion|strong="H4805"\w* \w appointed|strong="H5414"\w* a \w captain|strong="H7218"\w* to \w return|strong="H7725"\w* to their \w bondage|strong="H5659"\w*: but thou <i>art</i> a \w God|strong="H0433"\w* ready to \w pardon|strong="H5547"\w*, \w gracious|strong="H2587"\w* and \w merciful|strong="H7349"\w*, \w slow|strong="H0750"\w* to \w anger|strong="H0639"\w*, and of \w great|strong="H7227"\w* \w kindness|strong="H2617"\w*, and \w forsookest|strong="H5800"\w* them not.<n>a God…: Heb. a God of pardons</n>


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Yea, when they had \w made|strong="H6213"\w* them a \w molten|strong="H4541"\w* \w calf|strong="H5695"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, This <i>is</i> thy \w God|strong="H0430"\w* that brought thee \w up|strong="H5927"\w* out of \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, and had \w wrought|strong="H6213"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w provocations|strong="H5007"\w*;


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Yet thou in thy \w manifold|strong="H7227"\w* \w mercies|strong="H7356"\w* \w forsookest|strong="H5800"\w* them not in the \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w*: the \w pillar|strong="H5982"\w* of the \w cloud|strong="H6051"\w* \w departed|strong="H5493"\w* not from them by \w day|strong="H3119"\w*, to \w lead|strong="H5148"\w* them in the \w way|strong="H1870"\w*; neither the \w pillar|strong="H5982"\w* of \w fire|strong="H0784"\w* by \w night|strong="H3915"\w*, to shew them \w light|strong="H0215"\w*, and the \w way|strong="H1870"\w* wherein they should \w go|strong="H3212"\w*.


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Thou \w gavest|strong="H5414"\w* also thy \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w spirit|strong="H7307"\w* to \w instruct|strong="H7919"\w* them, and \w withheldest|strong="H4513"\w* not thy \w manna|strong="H4478"\w* from their \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w*, and \w gavest|strong="H5414"\w* them \w water|strong="H4325"\w* for their \w thirst|strong="H6772"\w*.


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Yea, \w forty|strong="H0705"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* didst thou \w sustain|strong="H3557"\w* them in the \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w*, <i>so that</i> they \w lacked|strong="H2637"\w* nothing; their \w clothes|strong="H8008"\w* waxed not \w old|strong="H1086"\w*, and their \w feet|strong="H7272"\w* \w swelled|strong="H1216"\w* not.


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Moreover thou \w gavest|strong="H5414"\w* them \w kingdoms|strong="H4467"\w* and \w nations|strong="H5971"\w*, and didst \w divide|strong="H2505"\w* them into \w corners|strong="H6285"\w*: so they \w possessed|strong="H3423"\w* the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Sihon|strong="H5511"\w*, and the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Heshbon|strong="H2809"\w*, and the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Og|strong="H5747"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Bashan|strong="H1316"\w*.


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Their \w children|strong="H1121"\w* also \w multipliedst|strong="H7235"\w* thou as the \w stars|strong="H3556"\w* of \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*, and \w broughtest|strong="H0935"\w* them into the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*, concerning which thou hadst \w promised|strong="H0559"\w* to their \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*, that they should go \w in|strong="H0935"\w* to \w possess|strong="H3423"\w* <i>it</i>.


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So the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* went \w in|strong="H0935"\w* and \w possessed|strong="H3423"\w* the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*, and thou \w subduedst|strong="H3665"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* them the \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*, the \w Canaanites|strong="H3669"\w*, and \w gavest|strong="H5414"\w* them into their \w hands|strong="H3027"\w*, with their \w kings|strong="H4428"\w*, and the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*, that they might \w do|strong="H6213"\w* with them as they \w would|strong="H7522"\w*.<n>as they…: Heb. according to their will</n>


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And they \w took|strong="H3920"\w* \w strong|strong="H1219"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w*, and a \w fat|strong="H8082"\w* \w land|strong="H0127"\w*, and \w possessed|strong="H3423"\w* \w houses|strong="H1004"\w* \w full|strong="H4392"\w* of all \w goods|strong="H2898"\w*, \w wells|strong="H0953"\w* \w digged|strong="H2672"\w*, \w vineyards|strong="H3754"\w*, and \w oliveyards|strong="H2132"\w*, and \w fruit|strong="H3978"\w* \w trees|strong="H6086"\w* in \w abundance|strong="H7230"\w*: so they did \w eat|strong="H0398"\w*, and were \w filled|strong="H7646"\w*, and became \w fat|strong="H8080"\w*, and \w delighted|strong="H5727"\w* themselves in thy \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w goodness|strong="H2898"\w*.<n>wells: or, cisterns</n><n>fruit…: Heb. tree of food</n>


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Nevertheless they were \w disobedient|strong="H4784"\w*, and \w rebelled|strong="H4775"\w* against thee, and \w cast|strong="H7993"\w* thy \w law|strong="H8451"\w* \w behind|strong="H0310"\w* their \w backs|strong="H1458"\w*, and \w slew|strong="H2026"\w* thy \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* which \w testified|strong="H5749"\w* against them to \w turn|strong="H7725"\w* them to thee, and they \w wrought|strong="H6213"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w provocations|strong="H5007"\w*.


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Therefore thou \w deliveredst|strong="H5414"\w* them into the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of their \w enemies|strong="H6862"\w*, who \w vexed|strong="H6887"\w* them: and in the \w time|strong="H6256"\w* of their \w trouble|strong="H6869"\w*, when they \w cried|strong="H6817"\w* unto thee, thou \w heardest|strong="H8085"\w* <i>them</i> from \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*; and according to thy \w manifold|strong="H7227"\w* \w mercies|strong="H7356"\w* thou \w gavest|strong="H5414"\w* them \w saviours|strong="H3467"\w*, who \w saved|strong="H3467"\w* them out of the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of their \w enemies|strong="H6862"\w*.


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But after they had \w rest|strong="H5117"\w*, they \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w again|strong="H7725"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* thee: therefore \w leftest|strong="H5800"\w* thou them in the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of their \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w*, so that they had the \w dominion|strong="H7287"\w* over them: yet when they \w returned|strong="H7725"\w*, and \w cried|strong="H2199"\w* unto thee, thou \w heardest|strong="H8085"\w* <i>them</i> from \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*; and \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w times|strong="H6256"\w* didst thou \w deliver|strong="H5337"\w* them according to thy \w mercies|strong="H7356"\w*;<n>they did…: Heb. they returned to do evil</n>


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And \w testifiedst|strong="H5749"\w* against them, that thou mightest bring them \w again|strong="H7725"\w* unto thy \w law|strong="H8451"\w*: yet they dealt \w proudly|strong="H2102"\w*, and \w hearkened|strong="H8085"\w* not unto thy \w commandments|strong="H4687"\w*, but \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w* against thy \w judgments|strong="H4941"\w*, (which if a \w man|strong="H0120"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w*, he shall \w live|strong="H2421"\w* in them;) and \w withdrew|strong="H5414"\w* the \w shoulder|strong="H3802"\w*, and \w hardened|strong="H7185"\w* their \w neck|strong="H6203"\w*, and would not \w hear|strong="H8085"\w*.<n>withdrew…: Heb. they gave a withdrawing shoulder</n>


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Yet \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* didst thou \w forbear|strong="H4900"\w* them, and \w testifiedst|strong="H5749"\w* against them by thy \w spirit|strong="H7307"\w* \w in|strong="H3027"\w* thy \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w*: yet would they not give \w ear|strong="H0238"\w*: therefore \w gavest|strong="H5414"\w* thou them into the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* of the \w lands|strong="H0776"\w*.<n>forbear…: Heb. protract over them</n><n>in thy…: Heb. in the hand of thy prophets</n>


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Nevertheless for thy \w great|strong="H7227"\w* \w mercies’|strong="H7356"\w* sake thou \w didst|strong="H6213"\w* not utterly \w consume|strong="H3617"\w* them, nor \w forsake|strong="H5800"\w* them; for thou <i>art</i> a \w gracious|strong="H2587"\w* and \w merciful|strong="H7349"\w* \w God|strong="H0410"\w*.


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Now therefore, our \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, the \w great|strong="H1419"\w*, the \w mighty|strong="H1368"\w*, and the \w terrible|strong="H3372"\w* \w God|strong="H0410"\w*, who \w keepest|strong="H8104"\w* \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* and \w mercy|strong="H2617"\w*, let not all the \w trouble|strong="H8513"\w* seem \w little|strong="H4591"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* thee, that hath \w come|strong="H4672"\w* upon us, on our \w kings|strong="H4428"\w*, on our \w princes|strong="H8269"\w*, and on our \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*, and on our \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w*, and on our \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*, and on all thy \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, since the \w time|strong="H3117"\w* of the \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Assyria|strong="H0804"\w* unto this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.<n>trouble: Heb. weariness</n><n>that…: Heb. that hath found us</n>


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Howbeit thou <i>art</i> \w just|strong="H6662"\w* in all that is \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* upon us; for thou hast \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w right|strong="H0571"\w*, but we have done \w wickedly|strong="H7561"\w*:


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Neither have our \w kings|strong="H4428"\w*, our \w princes|strong="H8269"\w*, our \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*, nor our \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*, \w kept|strong="H6213"\w* thy \w law|strong="H8451"\w*, nor \w hearkened|strong="H7181"\w* unto thy \w commandments|strong="H4687"\w* and thy \w testimonies|strong="H5715"\w*, wherewith thou didst \w testify|strong="H5749"\w* against them.


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For they have not \w served|strong="H5647"\w* thee in their \w kingdom|strong="H4438"\w*, and in thy \w great|strong="H7227"\w* \w goodness|strong="H2898"\w* that thou \w gavest|strong="H5414"\w* them, and in the \w large|strong="H7342"\w* and \w fat|strong="H8082"\w* \w land|strong="H0776"\w* which thou \w gavest|strong="H5414"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* them, neither \w turned|strong="H7725"\w* they from their \w wicked|strong="H7451"\w* \w works|strong="H4611"\w*.


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Behold, we <i>are</i> \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* this \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, and <i>for</i> the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* that thou \w gavest|strong="H5414"\w* unto our \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w* to \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* the \w fruit|strong="H6529"\w* thereof and the \w good|strong="H2898"\w* thereof, behold, we <i>are</i> \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* in it:


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And it yieldeth \w much|strong="H7235"\w* \w increase|strong="H8393"\w* unto the \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* whom thou hast \w set|strong="H5414"\w* over us because of our \w sins|strong="H2403"\w*: also they have \w dominion|strong="H4910"\w* over our \w bodies|strong="H1472"\w*, and over our \w cattle|strong="H0929"\w*, at their \w pleasure|strong="H7522"\w*, and we <i>are</i> in \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w distress|strong="H6869"\w*.


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And because of all this we \w make|strong="H3772"\w* a \w sure|strong="H0548"\w* <i>covenant</i>, and \w write|strong="H3789"\w* <i>it;</i> and our \w princes|strong="H8269"\w*, \w Levites|strong="H3881"\w*, <i>and</i> \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*, \w seal|strong="H2856"\w* <i>unto it</i>.<n>seal: Heb. are at the sealing, or, sealed</n><pb/>


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Now those that \w sealed|strong="H2856"\w* <i>were</i>, \w Nehemiah|strong="H5166"\w*, the \w Tirshatha|strong="H8660"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Hachaliah|strong="H2446"\w*, and \w Zidkijah|strong="H6667"\w*,<n>those…: Heb. at the sealings</n><n>the Tirshatha: or, the governor</n>


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\w Maaziah|strong="H4590"\w*, \w Bilgai|strong="H1084"\w*, \w Shemaiah|strong="H8098"\w*: these <i>were</i> the \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*.


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And the \w Levites|strong="H3881"\w*: both \w Jeshua|strong="H3442"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Azaniah|strong="H0245"\w*, \w Binnui|strong="H1131"\w* of the \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Henadad|strong="H2582"\w*, \w Kadmiel|strong="H6934"\w*;


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And their \w brethren|strong="H0251"\w*, \w Shebaniah|strong="H7645"\w*, \w Hodijah|strong="H1941"\w*, \w Kelita|strong="H7042"\w*, \w Pelaiah|strong="H6411"\w*, \w Hanan|strong="H2605"\w*,


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The \w chief|strong="H7218"\w* of the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*; \w Parosh|strong="H6551"\w*, \w Pahath-moab|strong="H6355"\w*, \w Elam|strong="H5867"\w*, \w Zatthu|strong="H2240"\w*, \w Bani|strong="H1137"\w*,


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¶ And the \w rest|strong="H7605"\w* of the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, the \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*, the \w Levites|strong="H3881"\w*, the \w porters|strong="H7778"\w*, the \w singers|strong="H7891"\w*, the \w Nethinims|strong="H5411"\w*, and all they that had \w separated|strong="H0914"\w* themselves from the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* of the \w lands|strong="H0776"\w* unto the \w law|strong="H8451"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, their \w wives|strong="H0802"\w*, their \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*, and their \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w*, every one having \w knowledge|strong="H3045"\w*, and having \w understanding|strong="H0995"\w*;


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They \w clave|strong="H2388"\w* to their \w brethren|strong="H0251"\w*, their \w nobles|strong="H0117"\w*, and \w entered|strong="H0935"\w* into a \w curse|strong="H0423"\w*, and into an \w oath|strong="H7621"\w*, to \w walk|strong="H3212"\w* in \w God’s|strong="H0430"\w* \w law|strong="H8451"\w*, which was \w given|strong="H5414"\w* \w by|strong="H3027"\w* \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* the \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, and to \w observe|strong="H8104"\w* and \w do|strong="H6213"\w* all the \w commandments|strong="H4687"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* our \w Lord|strong="H0113"\w*, and his \w judgments|strong="H4941"\w* and his \w statutes|strong="H2706"\w*;<n>by: Heb. by the hand of</n>


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And that we would not \w give|strong="H5414"\w* our \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w* unto the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*, nor \w take|strong="H3947"\w* their \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w* for our \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*:


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And <i>if</i> the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* \w bring|strong="H0935"\w* \w ware|strong="H4728"\w* or any \w victuals|strong="H7668"\w* on the \w sabbath|strong="H7676"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* to \w sell|strong="H4376"\w*, <i>that</i> we would not \w buy|strong="H3947"\w* it of them on the \w sabbath|strong="H7676"\w*, or on the \w holy|strong="H6944"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*: and <i>that</i> we would \w leave|strong="H5203"\w* the \w seventh|strong="H7637"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w*, and the \w exaction|strong="H4853"\w* of every \w debt|strong="H3027"\w*.<n>every…: Heb. every hand</n><pb/>


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Also we \w made|strong="H5975"\w* \w ordinances|strong="H4687"\w* for us, to \w charge|strong="H5414"\w* ourselves \w yearly|strong="H8141"\w* with the third \w part|strong="H7992"\w* of a \w shekel|strong="H8255"\w* for the \w service|strong="H5656"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of our \w God|strong="H0430"\w*;


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For the \w shewbread|strong="H4635"\w*, and for the \w continual|strong="H8548"\w* meat \w offering|strong="H4503"\w*, and for the \w continual|strong="H8548"\w* burnt \w offering|strong="H5930"\w*, of the \w sabbaths|strong="H7676"\w*, of the new \w moons|strong="H2320"\w*, for the set \w feasts|strong="H4150"\w*, and for the \w holy|strong="H6944"\w* <i>things</i>, and for the sin \w offerings|strong="H2403"\w* to make an \w atonement|strong="H3722"\w* for \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, and <i>for</i> all the \w work|strong="H4399"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of our \w God|strong="H0430"\w*.


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And we \w cast|strong="H5307"\w* the \w lots|strong="H1486"\w* among the \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*, the \w Levites|strong="H3881"\w*, and the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, for the \w wood|strong="H6086"\w* \w offering|strong="H7133"\w*, to \w bring|strong="H0935"\w* <i>it</i> into the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of our \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, after the \w houses|strong="H1004"\w* of our \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*, at \w times|strong="H6256"\w* \w appointed|strong="H2163"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* by \w year|strong="H8141"\w*, to \w burn|strong="H1197"\w* upon the \w altar|strong="H4196"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* our \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, as <i>it is</i> \w written|strong="H3789"\w* in the \w law|strong="H8451"\w*:


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And to \w bring|strong="H0935"\w* the \w firstfruits|strong="H1061"\w* of our \w ground|strong="H0127"\w*, and the \w firstfruits|strong="H1061"\w* of all \w fruit|strong="H6529"\w* of all \w trees|strong="H6086"\w*, \w year|strong="H8141"\w* by \w year|strong="H8141"\w*, unto the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*:


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Also the \w firstborn|strong="H1060"\w* of our \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*, and of our \w cattle|strong="H0929"\w*, as <i>it is</i> \w written|strong="H3789"\w* in the \w law|strong="H8451"\w*, and the \w firstlings|strong="H1062"\w* of our \w herds|strong="H1241"\w* and of our \w flocks|strong="H6629"\w*, to \w bring|strong="H0935"\w* to the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of our \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, unto the \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* that \w minister|strong="H8334"\w* in the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of our \w God|strong="H0430"\w*:


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And <i>that</i> we should \w bring|strong="H0935"\w* the \w firstfruits|strong="H7225"\w* of our \w dough|strong="H6182"\w*, and our \w offerings|strong="H8641"\w*, and the \w fruit|strong="H6529"\w* of all manner of \w trees|strong="H6086"\w*, of \w wine|strong="H8492"\w* and of \w oil|strong="H3323"\w*, unto the \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*, to the \w chambers|strong="H3957"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of our \w God|strong="H0430"\w*; and the \w tithes|strong="H4643"\w* of our \w ground|strong="H0127"\w* unto the \w Levites|strong="H3881"\w*, that the same \w Levites|strong="H3881"\w* might have the \w tithes|strong="H6237"\w* in all the \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* of our \w tillage|strong="H5656"\w*.


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And the \w priest|strong="H3548"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Aaron|strong="H0175"\w* shall be with the \w Levites|strong="H3881"\w*, when the \w Levites|strong="H3881"\w* take \w tithes|strong="H6237"\w*: and the \w Levites|strong="H3881"\w* shall bring \w up|strong="H5927"\w* the \w tithe|strong="H4643"\w* of the \w tithes|strong="H4643"\w* unto the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of our \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, to the \w chambers|strong="H3957"\w*, into the \w treasure|strong="H0214"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.


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For the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* and the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Levi|strong="H3878"\w* shall \w bring|strong="H0935"\w* the \w offering|strong="H8641"\w* of the \w corn|strong="H1715"\w*, of the new \w wine|strong="H8492"\w*, and the \w oil|strong="H3323"\w*, unto the \w chambers|strong="H3957"\w*, where <i>are</i> the \w vessels|strong="H3627"\w* of the \w sanctuary|strong="H4720"\w*, and the \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* that \w minister|strong="H8334"\w*, and the \w porters|strong="H7778"\w*, and the \w singers|strong="H7891"\w*: and we will not \w forsake|strong="H5800"\w* the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of our \w God|strong="H0430"\w*.<pb/>


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And the \w rulers|strong="H8269"\w* of the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w dwelt|strong="H3427"\w* at \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*: the \w rest|strong="H7605"\w* of the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* also \w cast|strong="H5307"\w* \w lots|strong="H1486"\w*, to \w bring|strong="H0935"\w* \w one|strong="H0259"\w* of \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* to \w dwell|strong="H3427"\w* in \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* the \w holy|strong="H6944"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, and \w nine|strong="H8672"\w* \w parts|strong="H3027"\w* <i>to dwell</i> in <i>other</i> \w cities|strong="H5892"\w*.


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And the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w blessed|strong="H1288"\w* all the \w men|strong="H0582"\w*, that willingly \w offered|strong="H5068"\w* themselves to \w dwell|strong="H3427"\w* at \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ Now these <i>are</i> the \w chief|strong="H7218"\w* of the \w province|strong="H4082"\w* that \w dwelt|strong="H3427"\w* in \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*: but in the \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w dwelt|strong="H3427"\w* every \w one|strong="H0376"\w* in his \w possession|strong="H0272"\w* in their \w cities|strong="H5892"\w*, <i>to wit</i>, \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, the \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*, and the \w Levites|strong="H3881"\w*, and the \w Nethinims|strong="H5411"\w*, and the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Solomon’s|strong="H8010"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*.


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And at \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w dwelt|strong="H3427"\w* <i>certain</i> of the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, and of the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w*. Of the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*; \w Athaiah|strong="H6265"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Uzziah|strong="H5818"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Zechariah|strong="H2148"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Amariah|strong="H0568"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Shephatiah|strong="H8203"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Mahalaleel|strong="H4111"\w*, of the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Perez|strong="H6557"\w*;<n>Perez: also called, Pharez</n>


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And \w Maaseiah|strong="H4641"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Baruch|strong="H1263"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Col-hozeh|strong="H3626"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Hazaiah|strong="H2382"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Adaiah|strong="H5718"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Joiarib|strong="H3114"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Zechariah|strong="H2148"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Shiloni|strong="H8023"\w*.


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All the \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Perez|strong="H6557"\w* that \w dwelt|strong="H3427"\w* at \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* <i>were</i> \w four|strong="H0702"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w threescore|strong="H8346"\w* and \w eight|strong="H8083"\w* \w valiant|strong="H2428"\w* \w men|strong="H0582"\w*.


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And these <i>are</i> the \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w*; \w Sallu|strong="H5543"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Meshullam|strong="H4918"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Joed|strong="H3133"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Pedaiah|strong="H6305"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Kolaiah|strong="H6964"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Maaseiah|strong="H4641"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ithiel|strong="H0384"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jesaiah|strong="H3470"\w*.


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And \w after|strong="H0310"\w* him \w Gabbai|strong="H1373"\w*, \w Sallai|strong="H5543"\w*, \w nine|strong="H8672"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* and \w eight|strong="H8083"\w*.


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And \w Joel|strong="H3100"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Zichri|strong="H2147"\w* <i>was</i> their \w overseer|strong="H6496"\w*: and \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Senuah|strong="H5574"\w* <i>was</i> \w second|strong="H4932"\w* over the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*.


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Of the \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*: \w Jedaiah|strong="H3048"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Joiarib|strong="H3114"\w*, \w Jachin|strong="H3199"\w*.


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\w Seraiah|strong="H8304"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Hilkiah|strong="H2518"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Meshullam|strong="H4918"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Zadok|strong="H6659"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Meraioth|strong="H4812"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ahitub|strong="H0285"\w*, <i>was</i> the \w ruler|strong="H5057"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*.


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And their \w brethren|strong="H0251"\w* that \w did|strong="H6213"\w* the \w work|strong="H4399"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* <i>were</i> \w eight|strong="H8083"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* and \w two|strong="H8147"\w*: and \w Adaiah|strong="H5718"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jeroham|strong="H3395"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Pelaliah|strong="H6421"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Amzi|strong="H0557"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Zechariah|strong="H2148"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Pashur|strong="H6583"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Malchiah|strong="H4441"\w*,


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And his \w brethren|strong="H0251"\w*, \w chief|strong="H7218"\w* of the \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*, \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w forty|strong="H0705"\w* and \w two|strong="H8147"\w*: and \w Amashai|strong="H6023"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Azareel|strong="H5832"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Ahasai|strong="H0273"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Meshillemoth|strong="H4919"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Immer|strong="H0564"\w*,


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And their \w brethren|strong="H0251"\w*, mighty \w men|strong="H1368"\w* of \w valour|strong="H2428"\w*, an \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* and \w eight|strong="H8083"\w*: and their \w overseer|strong="H6496"\w* <i>was</i> \w Zabdiel|strong="H2068"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of <i>one of</i> the great \w men|strong="H1419"\w*.<n>the son…: or, the son of Haggedolim</n>


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Also of the \w Levites|strong="H3881"\w*: \w Shemaiah|strong="H8098"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Hashub|strong="H2815"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Azrikam|strong="H5840"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Hashabiah|strong="H2811"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Bunni|strong="H1138"\w*;


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And \w Shabbethai|strong="H7678"\w* and \w Jozabad|strong="H3107"\w*, of the \w chief|strong="H7218"\w* of the \w Levites|strong="H3881"\w*, <i>had</i> the oversight of the \w outward|strong="H2435"\w* \w business|strong="H4399"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*.<n>had…: Heb. were over</n>


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And \w Mattaniah|strong="H4983"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Micha|strong="H4316"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Zabdi|strong="H2067"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Asaph|strong="H0623"\w*, <i>was</i> the \w principal|strong="H7218"\w* to \w begin|strong="H8462"\w* the \w thanksgiving|strong="H3034"\w* in \w prayer|strong="H8605"\w*: and \w Bakbukiah|strong="H1229"\w* the \w second|strong="H4932"\w* among his \w brethren|strong="H0251"\w*, and \w Abda|strong="H5653"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Shammua|strong="H8051"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Galal|strong="H1559"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jeduthun|strong="H3038"\w*.


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All the \w Levites|strong="H3881"\w* in the \w holy|strong="H6944"\w* \w city|strong="H5892"\w* <i>were</i> two \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w fourscore|strong="H8084"\w* and \w four|strong="H0702"\w*.


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Moreover the \w porters|strong="H7778"\w*, \w Akkub|strong="H6126"\w*, \w Talmon|strong="H2929"\w*, and their \w brethren|strong="H0251"\w* that \w kept|strong="H8104"\w* the \w gates|strong="H8179"\w*, <i>were</i> an \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w seventy|strong="H7657"\w* and \w two|strong="H8147"\w*.<n>the gates: Heb. at the gates</n><pb/>


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¶ And the \w residue|strong="H7605"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, of the \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*, <i>and</i> the \w Levites|strong="H3881"\w*, <i>were</i> in all the \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, every \w one|strong="H0376"\w* in his \w inheritance|strong="H5159"\w*.


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But the \w Nethinims|strong="H5411"\w* \w dwelt|strong="H3427"\w* in \w Ophel|strong="H6077"\w*: and \w Ziha|strong="H6727"\w* and \w Gispa|strong="H1658"\w* <i>were</i> over the \w Nethinims|strong="H5411"\w*.<n>Ophel: or, the tower</n>


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The \w overseer|strong="H6496"\w* also of the \w Levites|strong="H3881"\w* at \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* <i>was</i> \w Uzzi|strong="H5813"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Bani|strong="H1137"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Hashabiah|strong="H2811"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Mattaniah|strong="H4983"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Micha|strong="H4316"\w*. Of the \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Asaph|strong="H0623"\w*, the \w singers|strong="H7891"\w* <i>were</i> \w over|strong="H5048"\w* the \w business|strong="H4399"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*.


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For <i>it was</i> the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w commandment|strong="H4687"\w* concerning them, that a certain \w portion|strong="H0548"\w* should be for the \w singers|strong="H7891"\w*, \w due|strong="H1697"\w* for every \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.<n>a certain…: or, a sure ordinance</n>


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And \w Pethahiah|strong="H6611"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Meshezabeel|strong="H4898"\w*, of the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Zerah|strong="H2226"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, <i>was</i> at the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* in all \w matters|strong="H1697"\w* concerning the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*.<n>Zerah: also called, Zarah</n>


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And for the \w villages|strong="H2691"\w*, with their \w fields|strong="H7704"\w*, <i>some</i> of the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w dwelt|strong="H3427"\w* at \w Kirjath-arba|strong="H7153"\w*, and <i>in</i> the \w villages|strong="H2691"\w* thereof, and at \w Dibon|strong="H1769"\w*, and <i>in</i> the \w villages|strong="H1323"\w* thereof, and at \w Jekabzeel|strong="H3343"\w*, and <i>in</i> the \w villages|strong="H1323"\w* thereof,


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And at \w Jeshua|strong="H3442"\w*, and at \w Moladah|strong="H4137"\w*, and at \w Beth-phelet|strong="H1046"\w*,


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And at \w Hazar-shual|strong="H2705"\w*, and at \w Beer-sheba|strong="H0884"\w*, and <i>in</i> the \w villages|strong="H1323"\w* thereof,


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And at \w Ziklag|strong="H6860"\w*, and at \w Mekonah|strong="H4368"\w*, and in the \w villages|strong="H1323"\w* thereof,


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And at \w En-rimmon|strong="H5884"\w*, and at \w Zareah|strong="H6881"\w*, and at \w Jarmuth|strong="H3412"\w*,


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\w Zanoah|strong="H2182"\w*, \w Adullam|strong="H5725"\w*, and <i>in</i> their \w villages|strong="H2691"\w*, at \w Lachish|strong="H3923"\w*, and the \w fields|strong="H7704"\w* thereof, at \w Azekah|strong="H5825"\w*, and <i>in</i> the \w villages|strong="H1323"\w* thereof. And they \w dwelt|strong="H2583"\w* from \w Beer-sheba|strong="H0884"\w* unto the \w valley|strong="H1516"\w* of \w Hinnom|strong="H2011"\w*.


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The \w children|strong="H1121"\w* also of \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w* from \w Geba|strong="H1387"\w* <i>dwelt</i> at \w Michmash|strong="H4363"\w*, and \w Aija|strong="H5857"\w*, and \w Beth-el|strong="H1008"\w*, and <i>in</i> their \w villages|strong="H1323"\w*,<n>from: or, of</n><n>at: or, to</n>


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<i>And</i> at \w Anathoth|strong="H6068"\w*, \w Nob|strong="H5011"\w*, \w Ananiah|strong="H6055"\w*,


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\w Lod|strong="H3850"\w*, and \w Ono|strong="H0207"\w*, the \w valley|strong="H1516"\w* of \w craftsmen|strong="H2791"\w*.


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And of the \w Levites|strong="H3881"\w* <i>were</i> \w divisions|strong="H4256"\w* <i>in</i> \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, <i>and</i> in \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w*.<pb/>


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Now these <i>are</i> the \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* and the \w Levites|strong="H3881"\w* that went \w up|strong="H5927"\w* with \w Zerubbabel|strong="H2216"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Shealtiel|strong="H7597"\w*, and \w Jeshua|strong="H3442"\w*: \w Seraiah|strong="H8304"\w*, \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w*, \w Ezra|strong="H5830"\w*,


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\w Amariah|strong="H0568"\w*, \w Malluch|strong="H4409"\w*, \w Hattush|strong="H2407"\w*,<n>Malluch: also called, Melicu</n>


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\w Shechaniah|strong="H7935"\w*, \w Rehum|strong="H7348"\w*, \w Meremoth|strong="H4822"\w*,<n>Shechaniah: also called, Shebaniah</n><n>Rehum: also called, Harim</n><n>Meremoth: also called, Meraioth</n>


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\w Iddo|strong="H5714"\w*, \w Ginnetho|strong="H1599"\w*, \w Abijah|strong="H0029"\w*,<n>Ginnetho: also called, Ginnethon</n>


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\w Miamin|strong="H4326"\w*, \w Maadiah|strong="H4573"\w*, \w Bilgah|strong="H1083"\w*,<n>Miamin: also called, Miniamin</n><n>Maadiah: also called, Moadiah</n>


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\w Sallu|strong="H5543"\w*, \w Amok|strong="H5987"\w*, \w Hilkiah|strong="H2518"\w*, \w Jedaiah|strong="H3048"\w*. These <i>were</i> the \w chief|strong="H7218"\w* of the \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* and of their \w brethren|strong="H0251"\w* in the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* of \w Jeshua|strong="H3442"\w*.<n>Sallu: also called, Sallai</n>


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Moreover the \w Levites|strong="H3881"\w*: \w Jeshua|strong="H3442"\w*, \w Binnui|strong="H1131"\w*, \w Kadmiel|strong="H6934"\w*, \w Sherebiah|strong="H8274"\w*, \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, <i>and</i> \w Mattaniah|strong="H4983"\w*, <i>which was</i> over the \w thanksgiving|strong="H1960"\w*, he and his \w brethren|strong="H0251"\w*.<n>the thanksgiving: that is, the psalms of thanksgiving</n>


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Also \w Bakbukiah|strong="H1229"\w* and \w Unni|strong="H6042"\w*, their \w brethren|strong="H0251"\w*, <i>were</i> over against them in the \w watches|strong="H4931"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And \w Jeshua|strong="H3442"\w* \w begat|strong="H3205"\w* \w Joiakim|strong="H3113"\w*, \w Joiakim|strong="H3113"\w* also \w begat|strong="H3205"\w* \w Eliashib|strong="H0475"\w*, and \w Eliashib|strong="H0475"\w* \w begat|strong="H3205"\w* \w Joiada|strong="H3111"\w*,


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And \w Joiada|strong="H3111"\w* \w begat|strong="H3205"\w* \w Jonathan|strong="H3129"\w*, and \w Jonathan|strong="H3129"\w* \w begat|strong="H3205"\w* \w Jaddua|strong="H3037"\w*.


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And in the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* of \w Joiakim|strong="H3113"\w* were \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*, the \w chief|strong="H7218"\w* of the \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*: of \w Seraiah|strong="H8304"\w*, \w Meraiah|strong="H4811"\w*; of \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w*, \w Hananiah|strong="H2608"\w*;


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Of \w Ezra|strong="H5830"\w*, \w Meshullam|strong="H4918"\w*; of \w Amariah|strong="H0568"\w*, \w Jehohanan|strong="H3076"\w*;


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Of \w Melicu|strong="H4409"\w*, \w Jonathan|strong="H3129"\w*; of \w Shebaniah|strong="H7645"\w*, \w Joseph|strong="H3130"\w*;


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Of \w Harim|strong="H2766"\w*, \w Adna|strong="H5733"\w*; of \w Meraioth|strong="H4812"\w*, \w Helkai|strong="H2517"\w*;


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Of \w Iddo|strong="H5714"\w*, \w Zechariah|strong="H2148"\w*; of \w Ginnethon|strong="H1599"\w*, \w Meshullam|strong="H4918"\w*;


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Of \w Abijah|strong="H0029"\w*, \w Zichri|strong="H2147"\w*; of \w Miniamin|strong="H4509"\w*, of \w Moadiah|strong="H4153"\w*, \w Piltai|strong="H6408"\w*;


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Of \w Bilgah|strong="H1083"\w*, \w Shammua|strong="H8051"\w*; of \w Shemaiah|strong="H8098"\w*, \w Jehonathan|strong="H3083"\w*;


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And of \w Joiarib|strong="H3114"\w*, \w Mattenai|strong="H4982"\w*; of \w Jedaiah|strong="H3048"\w*, \w Uzzi|strong="H5813"\w*;


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Of \w Sallai|strong="H5543"\w*, \w Kallai|strong="H7040"\w*; of \w Amok|strong="H5987"\w*, \w Eber|strong="H5677"\w*;


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Of \w Hilkiah|strong="H2518"\w*, \w Hashabiah|strong="H2811"\w*; of \w Jedaiah|strong="H3048"\w*, \w Nethaneel|strong="H5417"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ The \w Levites|strong="H3881"\w* in the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* of \w Eliashib|strong="H0475"\w*, \w Joiada|strong="H3111"\w*, and \w Johanan|strong="H3110"\w*, and \w Jaddua|strong="H3037"\w*, <i>were</i> \w recorded|strong="H3789"\w* \w chief|strong="H7218"\w* of the \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*: also the \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*, to the \w reign|strong="H4438"\w* of \w Darius|strong="H1867"\w* the \w Persian|strong="H6542"\w*.


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The \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Levi|strong="H3878"\w*, the \w chief|strong="H7218"\w* of the \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*, <i>were</i> \w written|strong="H3789"\w* in the \w book|strong="H5612"\w* of the \w chronicles|strong="H1697"\w*, even until the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* of \w Johanan|strong="H3110"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Eliashib|strong="H0475"\w*.


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And the \w chief|strong="H7218"\w* of the \w Levites|strong="H3881"\w*: \w Hashabiah|strong="H2811"\w*, \w Sherebiah|strong="H8274"\w*, and \w Jeshua|strong="H3442"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Kadmiel|strong="H6934"\w*, with their \w brethren|strong="H0251"\w* over against them, to \w praise|strong="H1984"\w* <i>and</i> to give \w thanks|strong="H3034"\w*, according to the \w commandment|strong="H4687"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w* the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, \w ward|strong="H4929"\w* over \w against|strong="H5980"\w* \w ward|strong="H4929"\w*.


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\w Mattaniah|strong="H4983"\w*, and \w Bakbukiah|strong="H1229"\w*, \w Obadiah|strong="H5662"\w*, \w Meshullam|strong="H4918"\w*, \w Talmon|strong="H2929"\w*, \w Akkub|strong="H6126"\w*, <i>were</i> \w porters|strong="H7778"\w* \w keeping|strong="H8104"\w* the \w ward|strong="H4929"\w* at the \w thresholds|strong="H0624"\w* of the \w gates|strong="H8179"\w*.<n>thresholds: or, treasuries, or, assemblies</n>


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These <i>were</i> in the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* of \w Joiakim|strong="H3113"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jeshua|strong="H3442"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jozadak|strong="H3136"\w*, and in the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* of \w Nehemiah|strong="H5166"\w* the \w governor|strong="H6346"\w*, and of \w Ezra|strong="H5830"\w* the \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*, the \w scribe|strong="H5608"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And at the \w dedication|strong="H2598"\w* of the \w wall|strong="H2346"\w* of \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* they \w sought|strong="H1245"\w* the \w Levites|strong="H3881"\w* out of all their \w places|strong="H4725"\w*, to \w bring|strong="H0935"\w* them to \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, to \w keep|strong="H6213"\w* the \w dedication|strong="H2598"\w* with \w gladness|strong="H8057"\w*, both with \w thanksgivings|strong="H8426"\w*, and with \w singing|strong="H7892"\w*, <i>with</i> \w cymbals|strong="H4700"\w*, \w psalteries|strong="H5035"\w*, and with \w harps|strong="H3658"\w*.


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And the \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* of the \w singers|strong="H7891"\w* gathered themselves \w together|strong="H0622"\w*, both out of the plain \w country|strong="H3603"\w* round \w about|strong="H5439"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, and from the \w villages|strong="H2691"\w* of \w Netophathi|strong="H5200"\w*;


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Also from the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Gilgal|strong="H1537"\w*, and out of the \w fields|strong="H7704"\w* of \w Geba|strong="H1387"\w* and \w Azmaveth|strong="H5820"\w*: for the \w singers|strong="H7891"\w* had \w builded|strong="H1129"\w* them \w villages|strong="H2691"\w* round \w about|strong="H5439"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.


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And the \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* and the \w Levites|strong="H3881"\w* \w purified|strong="H2891"\w* themselves, and \w purified|strong="H2891"\w* the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, and the \w gates|strong="H8179"\w*, and the \w wall|strong="H2346"\w*.


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Then I brought \w up|strong="H5927"\w* the \w princes|strong="H8269"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* upon the \w wall|strong="H2346"\w*, and \w appointed|strong="H5975"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* <i>companies of them that gave</i> \w thanks|strong="H8426"\w*, <i>whereof one</i> \w went|strong="H8418"\w* on the right \w hand|strong="H3225"\w* upon the \w wall|strong="H2346"\w* toward the \w dung|strong="H0830"\w* \w gate|strong="H8179"\w*:


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And \w after|strong="H0310"\w* them \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \w Hoshaiah|strong="H1955"\w*, and \w half|strong="H2677"\w* of the \w princes|strong="H8269"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*,


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\w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, and \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w*, and \w Shemaiah|strong="H8098"\w*, and \w Jeremiah|strong="H3414"\w*,


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And <i>certain</i> of the \w priests’|strong="H3548"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* with \w trumpets|strong="H2689"\w*; <i>namely</i>, \w Zechariah|strong="H2148"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jonathan|strong="H3129"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Shemaiah|strong="H8098"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Mattaniah|strong="H4983"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Michaiah|strong="H4320"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Zaccur|strong="H2139"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Asaph|strong="H0623"\w*:


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And his \w brethren|strong="H0251"\w*, \w Shemaiah|strong="H8098"\w*, and \w Azarael|strong="H5832"\w*, \w Milalai|strong="H4450"\w*, \w Gilalai|strong="H1562"\w*, \w Maai|strong="H4597"\w*, \w Nethaneel|strong="H5417"\w*, and \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w Hanani|strong="H2607"\w*, with the \w musical|strong="H7892"\w* \w instruments|strong="H3627"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w* the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, and \w Ezra|strong="H5830"\w* the \w scribe|strong="H5608"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* them.


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And at the \w fountain|strong="H5869"\w* \w gate|strong="H8179"\w*, which was over against them, they went \w up|strong="H5927"\w* by the \w stairs|strong="H4609"\w* of the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, at the going \w up|strong="H4608"\w* of the \w wall|strong="H2346"\w*, above the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, even unto the \w water|strong="H4325"\w* \w gate|strong="H8179"\w* \w eastward|strong="H4217"\w*.


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And the \w other|strong="H8145"\w* <i>company of them that gave</i> \w thanks|strong="H8426"\w* \w went|strong="H1980"\w* over \w against|strong="H4136"\w* <i>them</i>, and I \w after|strong="H0310"\w* them, and the \w half|strong="H2677"\w* of the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* upon the \w wall|strong="H2346"\w*, from beyond the \w tower|strong="H4026"\w* of the \w furnaces|strong="H8574"\w* even unto the \w broad|strong="H7342"\w* \w wall|strong="H2346"\w*;


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And from above the \w gate|strong="H8179"\w* of \w Ephraim|strong="H0669"\w*, and above the \w old|strong="H3465"\w* \w gate|strong="H8179"\w*, and above the \w fish|strong="H1709"\w* \w gate|strong="H8179"\w*, and the \w tower|strong="H4026"\w* of \w Hananeel|strong="H2606"\w*, and the \w tower|strong="H4026"\w* of \w Meah|strong="H3968"\w*, even unto the \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w* \w gate|strong="H8179"\w*: and they stood \w still|strong="H5975"\w* in the \w prison|strong="H4307"\w* \w gate|strong="H8179"\w*.


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So \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* the \w two|strong="H8147"\w* <i>companies of them that gave</i> \w thanks|strong="H8426"\w* in the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, and I, and the \w half|strong="H2677"\w* of the \w rulers|strong="H5461"\w* with me:


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And the \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*; \w Eliakim|strong="H0471"\w*, \w Maaseiah|strong="H4641"\w*, \w Miniamin|strong="H4509"\w*, \w Michaiah|strong="H4320"\w*, \w Elioenai|strong="H0454"\w*, \w Zechariah|strong="H2148"\w*, <i>and</i> \w Hananiah|strong="H2608"\w*, with \w trumpets|strong="H2689"\w*;


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And \w Maaseiah|strong="H4641"\w*, and \w Shemaiah|strong="H8098"\w*, and \w Eleazar|strong="H0499"\w*, and \w Uzzi|strong="H5813"\w*, and \w Jehohanan|strong="H3076"\w*, and \w Malchijah|strong="H4441"\w*, and \w Elam|strong="H5867"\w*, and \w Ezer|strong="H5829"\w*. And the \w singers|strong="H7891"\w* sang \w loud|strong="H8085"\w*, with \w Jezrahiah|strong="H3156"\w* <i>their</i> \w overseer|strong="H6496"\w*.<n>sang…: Heb. made their voice to be heard</n>


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Also that \w day|strong="H3117"\w* they \w offered|strong="H2076"\w* \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="H2077"\w*, and \w rejoiced|strong="H8055"\w*: for \w God|strong="H0430"\w* had made them \w rejoice|strong="H8055"\w* with \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w joy|strong="H8057"\w*: the \w wives|strong="H0802"\w* also and the \w children|strong="H3206"\w* \w rejoiced|strong="H8055"\w*: so that the \w joy|strong="H8057"\w* of \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* was \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* even afar \w off|strong="H7350"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And at that \w time|strong="H3117"\w* were \w some|strong="H0582"\w* \w appointed|strong="H6485"\w* over the \w chambers|strong="H5393"\w* for the \w treasures|strong="H0214"\w*, for the \w offerings|strong="H8641"\w*, for the \w firstfruits|strong="H7225"\w*, and for the \w tithes|strong="H4643"\w*, to \w gather|strong="H3664"\w* into them out of the \w fields|strong="H7704"\w* of the \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* the \w portions|strong="H4521"\w* of the \w law|strong="H8451"\w* for the \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* and \w Levites|strong="H3881"\w*: for \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w rejoiced|strong="H8057"\w* for the \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* and for the \w Levites|strong="H3881"\w* that \w waited|strong="H5975"\w*.<n>of the law: that is, appointed by the law</n><n>for Judah…: Heb. for the joy of Judah</n><n>waited: Heb. stood</n>


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And both the \w singers|strong="H7891"\w* and the \w porters|strong="H7778"\w* \w kept|strong="H8104"\w* the \w ward|strong="H4931"\w* of their \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, and the \w ward|strong="H4931"\w* of the \w purification|strong="H2893"\w*, according to the \w commandment|strong="H4687"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w*, <i>and</i> of \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* his \w son|strong="H1121"\w*.


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For in the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* of \w David|strong="H1732"\w* and \w Asaph|strong="H0623"\w* of \w old|strong="H6924"\w* <i>there were</i> \w chief|strong="H7218"\w* of the \w singers|strong="H7891"\w*, and \w songs|strong="H7892"\w* of \w praise|strong="H8416"\w* and \w thanksgiving|strong="H3034"\w* unto \w God|strong="H0430"\w*.


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And all \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* in the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* of \w Zerubbabel|strong="H2216"\w*, and in the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* of \w Nehemiah|strong="H5166"\w*, \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* the \w portions|strong="H4521"\w* of the \w singers|strong="H7891"\w* and the \w porters|strong="H7778"\w*, every \w day|strong="H3117"\w* his \w portion|strong="H1697"\w*: and they \w sanctified|strong="H6942"\w* <i>holy things</i> unto the \w Levites|strong="H3881"\w*; and the \w Levites|strong="H3881"\w* \w sanctified|strong="H6942"\w* <i>them</i> unto the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Aaron|strong="H0175"\w*.<n>sanctified: that is, set apart</n><pb/>


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On that \w day|strong="H3117"\w* they \w read|strong="H7121"\w* in the \w book|strong="H5612"\w* of \w Moses|strong="H4872"\w* in the \w audience|strong="H0241"\w* of the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*; and therein was \w found|strong="H4672"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w*, that the \w Ammonite|strong="H5984"\w* and the \w Moabite|strong="H4125"\w* should not \w come|strong="H0935"\w* into the \w congregation|strong="H6951"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w for|strong="H5704"\w* \w ever|strong="H5769"\w*;<n>they…: Heb. there was read</n><n>audience: Heb. ears</n>


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Because they \w met|strong="H6923"\w* not the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* with \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* and with \w water|strong="H4325"\w*, but \w hired|strong="H7936"\w* \w Balaam|strong="H1109"\w* against them, that he should \w curse|strong="H7043"\w* them: howbeit our \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w turned|strong="H2015"\w* the \w curse|strong="H7045"\w* into a \w blessing|strong="H1293"\w*.


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Now it came to pass, when they had \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* the \w law|strong="H8451"\w*, that they \w separated|strong="H0914"\w* from \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* all the mixed \w multitude|strong="H6154"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And \w before|strong="H6440"\w* this, \w Eliashib|strong="H0475"\w* the \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*, having the \w oversight|strong="H5414"\w* of the \w chamber|strong="H3957"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of our \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, <i>was</i> \w allied|strong="H7138"\w* unto \w Tobiah|strong="H2900"\w*:<n>having…: Heb. being set over</n>


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And he had \w prepared|strong="H6213"\w* for him a \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w chamber|strong="H3957"\w*, where \w aforetime|strong="H6440"\w* they \w laid|strong="H5414"\w* the meat \w offerings|strong="H4503"\w*, the \w frankincense|strong="H3828"\w*, and the \w vessels|strong="H3627"\w*, and the \w tithes|strong="H4643"\w* of the \w corn|strong="H1715"\w*, the new \w wine|strong="H8492"\w*, and the \w oil|strong="H3323"\w*, which was \w commanded|strong="H4687"\w* <i>to be given</i> to the \w Levites|strong="H3881"\w*, and the \w singers|strong="H7891"\w*, and the \w porters|strong="H7778"\w*; and the \w offerings|strong="H8641"\w* of the \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*.<n>which…: Heb. the commandment of the Levites</n>


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But in all this <i>time</i> was not I at \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*: for in the \w two|strong="H8147"\w* and \w thirtieth|strong="H7970"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* of \w Artaxerxes|strong="H0783"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* I unto the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, and \w after|strong="H7093"\w* certain \w days|strong="H3117"\w* obtained I \w leave|strong="H7592"\w* of the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*:<n>after…: Heb. at the end of days</n><n>obtained…: or, I earnestly requested</n>


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And I \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*, and \w understood|strong="H0995"\w* of the \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* that \w Eliashib|strong="H0475"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* for \w Tobiah|strong="H2900"\w*, in \w preparing|strong="H6213"\w* him a \w chamber|strong="H5393"\w* in the \w courts|strong="H2691"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*.


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And it \w grieved|strong="H3415"\w* me \w sore|strong="H3966"\w*: therefore I cast \w forth|strong="H7993"\w* all the \w household|strong="H1004"\w* \w stuff|strong="H3627"\w* of \w Tobiah|strong="H2900"\w* out \w of|strong="H2351"\w* the \w chamber|strong="H3957"\w*.


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Then I \w commanded|strong="H0559"\w*, and they \w cleansed|strong="H2891"\w* the \w chambers|strong="H3957"\w*: and thither brought I \w again|strong="H7725"\w* the \w vessels|strong="H3627"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, with the meat \w offering|strong="H4503"\w* and the \w frankincense|strong="H3828"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And I \w perceived|strong="H3045"\w* that the \w portions|strong="H4521"\w* of the \w Levites|strong="H3881"\w* had not been \w given|strong="H5414"\w* <i>them:</i> for the \w Levites|strong="H3881"\w* and the \w singers|strong="H7891"\w*, that \w did|strong="H6213"\w* the \w work|strong="H4399"\w*, were \w fled|strong="H1272"\w* every \w one|strong="H0376"\w* to his \w field|strong="H7704"\w*.


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Then \w contended|strong="H7378"\w* I with the \w rulers|strong="H5461"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Why is the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w forsaken|strong="H5800"\w*? And I gathered them \w together|strong="H6908"\w*, and \w set|strong="H5975"\w* them in their \w place|strong="H5977"\w*.<n>place: Heb. standing</n>


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Then \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* all \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* the \w tithe|strong="H4643"\w* of the \w corn|strong="H1715"\w* and the new \w wine|strong="H8492"\w* and the \w oil|strong="H3323"\w* unto the \w treasuries|strong="H0214"\w*.<n>treasuries: or, storehouses</n>


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And I made \w treasurers|strong="H0686"\w* over the \w treasuries|strong="H0214"\w*, \w Shelemiah|strong="H8018"\w* the \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*, and \w Zadok|strong="H6659"\w* the \w scribe|strong="H5608"\w*, and of the \w Levites|strong="H3881"\w*, \w Pedaiah|strong="H6305"\w*: and next to \w them|strong="H3027"\w* <i>was</i> \w Hanan|strong="H2605"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Zaccur|strong="H2139"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Mattaniah|strong="H4983"\w*: for they were \w counted|strong="H2803"\w* \w faithful|strong="H0539"\w*, and their office <i>was</i> to \w distribute|strong="H2505"\w* unto their \w brethren|strong="H0251"\w*.<n>treasuries: or, storehouses</n><n>next…: Heb. at their hand</n><n>their office…: Heb. it was upon them</n>


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\w Remember|strong="H2142"\w* me, O my \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, concerning this, and wipe not \w out|strong="H4229"\w* my \w good|strong="H2617"\w* deeds that I have \w done|strong="H6213"\w* for the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of my \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, and for the \w offices|strong="H4929"\w* thereof.<n>good…: Heb. kindnesses</n><n>offices: or, observations</n><pb/>


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¶ In those \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* I in \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* <i>some</i> \w treading|strong="H1869"\w* wine \w presses|strong="H1660"\w* on the \w sabbath|strong="H7676"\w*, and bringing \w in|strong="H0935"\w* \w sheaves|strong="H6194"\w*, and \w lading|strong="H6006"\w* \w asses|strong="H2543"\w*; as also \w wine|strong="H3196"\w*, \w grapes|strong="H6025"\w*, and \w figs|strong="H8384"\w*, and all <i>manner of</i> \w burdens|strong="H4853"\w*, which they \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* into \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* on the \w sabbath|strong="H7676"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*: and I \w testified|strong="H5749"\w* <i>against them</i> in the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* wherein they \w sold|strong="H4376"\w* \w victuals|strong="H6718"\w*.


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There \w dwelt|strong="H3427"\w* men of \w Tyre|strong="H6876"\w* also therein, which \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* \w fish|strong="H1709"\w*, and all manner of \w ware|strong="H4377"\w*, and \w sold|strong="H4376"\w* on the \w sabbath|strong="H7676"\w* unto the \w children|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, and in \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w*.


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Then I \w contended|strong="H7378"\w* with the \w nobles|strong="H2715"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto them, What \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w thing|strong="H1697"\w* <i>is</i> this that ye \w do|strong="H6213"\w*, and \w profane|strong="H2490"\w* the \w sabbath|strong="H7676"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*?


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\w Did|strong="H6213"\w* not your \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w* thus, and \w did|strong="H0935"\w* not our \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w bring|strong="H0935"\w* all this \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* upon us, and upon this \w city|strong="H5892"\w*? yet ye \w bring|strong="H0935"\w* \w more|strong="H3254"\w* \w wrath|strong="H2740"\w* upon \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* by \w profaning|strong="H2490"\w* the \w sabbath|strong="H7676"\w*.


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And it came to pass, that when the \w gates|strong="H8179"\w* of \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* began to be \w dark|strong="H6751"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \w sabbath|strong="H7676"\w*, I \w commanded|strong="H0559"\w* that the \w gates|strong="H1817"\w* should be \w shut|strong="H5462"\w*, and \w charged|strong="H0559"\w* that they should not be \w opened|strong="H6605"\w* till \w after|strong="H0310"\w* the \w sabbath|strong="H7676"\w*: and <i>some</i> of my \w servants|strong="H5288"\w* \w set|strong="H5975"\w* I at the \w gates|strong="H8179"\w*, <i>that</i> there should no \w burden|strong="H4853"\w* be brought \w in|strong="H0935"\w* on the \w sabbath|strong="H7676"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.


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So the \w merchants|strong="H7402"\w* and \w sellers|strong="H4376"\w* of all kind of \w ware|strong="H4465"\w* \w lodged|strong="H3885"\w* \w without|strong="H2351"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* \w once|strong="H6471"\w* or \w twice|strong="H8147"\w*.


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Then I \w testified|strong="H5749"\w* against them, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto them, Why \w lodge|strong="H3885"\w* ye \w about|strong="H5048"\w* the \w wall|strong="H2346"\w*? if ye do <i>so</i> \w again|strong="H8138"\w*, I will \w lay|strong="H7971"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* on you. From that \w time|strong="H6256"\w* forth \w came|strong="H0935"\w* they no <i>more</i> on the \w sabbath|strong="H7676"\w*.<n>about: Heb. before</n>


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And I \w commanded|strong="H0559"\w* the \w Levites|strong="H3881"\w* that they should \w cleanse|strong="H2891"\w* themselves, and <i>that</i> they should \w come|strong="H0935"\w* <i>and</i> \w keep|strong="H8104"\w* the \w gates|strong="H8179"\w*, to \w sanctify|strong="H6942"\w* the \w sabbath|strong="H7676"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*. \w Remember|strong="H2142"\w* me, O my \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, <i>concerning</i> this also, and \w spare|strong="H2347"\w* me according to the \w greatness|strong="H7230"\w* of thy \w mercy|strong="H2617"\w*.<n>greatness: or, multitude</n><pb/>


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¶ In those \w days|strong="H3117"\w* also \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* I \w Jews|strong="H3064"\w* <i>that</i> had \w married|strong="H3427"\w* \w wives|strong="H0802"\w* of \w Ashdod|strong="H0796"\w*, of \w Ammon|strong="H5984"\w*, <i>and</i> of \w Moab|strong="H4125"\w*:<n>had…: Heb. had made to dwell with them</n>


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And their \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* \w half|strong="H2677"\w* in the speech of \w Ashdod|strong="H0797"\w*, and \w could|strong="H5234"\w* not \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* in the \w Jews’ language|strong="H3066"\w*, but according to the \w language|strong="H3956"\w* of \w each|strong="H5971"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*.<n>could…: Heb. they discerned not to speak</n><n>of each…: Heb. of people and people</n>


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And I \w contended|strong="H7378"\w* with them, and \w cursed|strong="H7043"\w* them, and \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* \w certain|strong="H0582"\w* of them, and plucked off their \w hair|strong="H4803"\w*, and made them \w swear|strong="H7650"\w* by \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, <i>saying</i>, Ye shall not \w give|strong="H5414"\w* your \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w* unto their \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*, nor \w take|strong="H5375"\w* their \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w* unto your \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*, or for yourselves.<n>cursed: or, reviled</n>


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Did not \w Solomon|strong="H8010"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w sin|strong="H2398"\w* by these things? yet among \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* was there no \w king|strong="H4428"\w* like him, who was \w beloved|strong="H0157"\w* of his \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, and \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w made|strong="H5414"\w* him \w king|strong="H4428"\w* over all \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*: nevertheless even \w him|strong="H1571"\w* did \w outlandish|strong="H5237"\w* \w women|strong="H0802"\w* cause to \w sin|strong="H2398"\w*.


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Shall we then \w hearken|strong="H8085"\w* unto you to \w do|strong="H6213"\w* all this \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*, to \w transgress|strong="H4603"\w* against our \w God|strong="H0430"\w* in \w marrying|strong="H3427"\w* \w strange|strong="H5237"\w* \w wives|strong="H0802"\w*?


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And <i>one</i> of the \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Joiada|strong="H3111"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Eliashib|strong="H0475"\w* the \w high|strong="H1419"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*, <i>was</i> son in \w law|strong="H2860"\w* to \w Sanballat|strong="H5571"\w* the \w Horonite|strong="H2772"\w*: therefore I \w chased|strong="H1272"\w* him from me.


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\w Remember|strong="H2142"\w* them, O my \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, because they have \w defiled|strong="H1352"\w* the \w priesthood|strong="H3550"\w*, and the \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* of the \w priesthood|strong="H3550"\w*, and of the \w Levites|strong="H3881"\w*.<n>because…: Heb. for the defilings</n>


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Thus \w cleansed|strong="H2891"\w* I them from all \w strangers|strong="H5236"\w*, and \w appointed|strong="H5975"\w* the \w wards|strong="H4931"\w* of the \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* and the \w Levites|strong="H3881"\w*, every \w one|strong="H0376"\w* in his \w business|strong="H4399"\w*;


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And for the \w wood|strong="H6086"\w* \w offering|strong="H7133"\w*, at \w times|strong="H6256"\w* \w appointed|strong="H2163"\w*, and for the \w firstfruits|strong="H1061"\w*. \w Remember|strong="H2142"\w* me, O my \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, for \w good|strong="H2896"\w*.


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Now it came to pass in the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* of \w Ahasuerus|strong="H0325"\w*, (this <i>is</i> \w Ahasuerus|strong="H0325"\w* which \w reigned|strong="H4427"\w*, from \w India|strong="H1912"\w* even unto \w Ethiopia|strong="H3568"\w*, <i>over</i> an \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* and \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* and \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* \w provinces|strong="H4082"\w*:)


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<i>That</i> in those \w days|strong="H3117"\w*, when the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Ahasuerus|strong="H0325"\w* \w sat|strong="H3427"\w* on the \w throne|strong="H3678"\w* of his \w kingdom|strong="H4438"\w*, which <i>was</i> in \w Shushan|strong="H7800"\w* the \w palace|strong="H1002"\w*,


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In the \w third|strong="H7969"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* of his \w reign|strong="H4427"\w*, he \w made|strong="H6213"\w* a \w feast|strong="H4960"\w* unto all his \w princes|strong="H8269"\w* and his \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*; the \w power|strong="H2428"\w* of \w Persia|strong="H6539"\w* and \w Media|strong="H4074"\w*, the \w nobles|strong="H6579"\w* and \w princes|strong="H8269"\w* of the \w provinces|strong="H4082"\w*, <i>being</i> \w before|strong="H6440"\w* him:


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When he \w shewed|strong="H7200"\w* the \w riches|strong="H6239"\w* of his \w glorious|strong="H3519"\w* \w kingdom|strong="H4438"\w* and the \w honour|strong="H3366"\w* of his \w excellent|strong="H8597"\w* \w majesty|strong="H1420"\w* \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w*, <i>even</i> an \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* and \w fourscore|strong="H8084"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w*.


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And when these \w days|strong="H3117"\w* were \w expired|strong="H4390"\w*, the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* a \w feast|strong="H4960"\w* unto all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* that were \w present|strong="H4672"\w* in \w Shushan|strong="H7800"\w* the \w palace|strong="H1002"\w*, both unto \w great|strong="H1419"\w* and \w small|strong="H6996"\w*, \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w*, in the \w court|strong="H2691"\w* of the \w garden|strong="H1594"\w* of the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w palace|strong="H1055"\w*;<n>present: Heb. found</n>


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<i>Where were</i> \w white|strong="H2353"\w*, \w green|strong="H3768"\w*, and \w blue|strong="H8504"\w*, <i>hangings</i>, \w fastened|strong="H0270"\w* with \w cords|strong="H2256"\w* of fine \w linen|strong="H0948"\w* and \w purple|strong="H0713"\w* to \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* \w rings|strong="H1550"\w* and \w pillars|strong="H5982"\w* of \w marble|strong="H8336"\w*: the \w beds|strong="H4296"\w* <i>were of</i> \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* and \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*, upon a \w pavement|strong="H7531"\w* of \w red|strong="H0923"\w*, and \w blue|strong="H8504"\w*, and \w white|strong="H1858"\w*, and \w black|strong="H5508"\w*, \w marble|strong="H8336"\w*.<n>blue, hangings: or, violet, etc</n><n>of red…: or, of porphyre, and marble and alabaster, and stone of blue colour</n>


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And they gave <i>them</i> \w drink|strong="H8248"\w* in \w vessels|strong="H3627"\w* of \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*, (the \w vessels|strong="H3627"\w* being \w diverse|strong="H8138"\w* one from \w another|strong="H3627"\w*,) and \w royal|strong="H4438"\w* \w wine|strong="H3196"\w* in \w abundance|strong="H7227"\w*, according to the \w state|strong="H3027"\w* of the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*.<n>royal…: Heb. wine of the kingdom</n><n>state: Heb. hand</n>


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And the \w drinking|strong="H8360"\w* <i>was</i> according to the \w law|strong="H1881"\w*; none did \w compel|strong="H0597"\w*: for so the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* had \w appointed|strong="H3245"\w* to all the \w officers|strong="H7227"\w* of his \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, that they should \w do|strong="H6213"\w* according to every \w man’s|strong="H0376"\w* \w pleasure|strong="H7522"\w*.


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Also \w Vashti|strong="H2060"\w* the \w queen|strong="H4436"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* a \w feast|strong="H4960"\w* for the \w women|strong="H0802"\w* <i>in</i> the \w royal|strong="H4438"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* which <i>belonged</i> to \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Ahasuerus|strong="H0325"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ On the \w seventh|strong="H7637"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, when the \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* of the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* was \w merry|strong="H2896"\w* with \w wine|strong="H3196"\w*, he \w commanded|strong="H0559"\w* \w Mehuman|strong="H4104"\w*, \w Biztha|strong="H0968"\w*, \w Harbona|strong="H2726"\w*, \w Bigtha|strong="H0903"\w*, and \w Abagtha|strong="H0005"\w*, \w Zethar|strong="H2242"\w*, and \w Carcas|strong="H3752"\w*, the \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w chamberlains|strong="H5631"\w* that \w served|strong="H8334"\w* in the \w presence|strong="H6440"\w* of \w Ahasuerus|strong="H0325"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*,<n>chamberlains: or, eunuchs</n>


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To \w bring|strong="H0935"\w* \w Vashti|strong="H2060"\w* the \w queen|strong="H4436"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* with the \w crown|strong="H3804"\w* \w royal|strong="H4438"\w*, to \w shew|strong="H7200"\w* the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* and the \w princes|strong="H8269"\w* her \w beauty|strong="H3308"\w*: for she <i>was</i> \w fair|strong="H2896"\w* to look \w on|strong="H4758"\w*.<n>fair…: Heb. good of countenance</n>


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But the \w queen|strong="H4436"\w* \w Vashti|strong="H2060"\w* \w refused|strong="H3985"\w* to \w come|strong="H0935"\w* at the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w commandment|strong="H1697"\w* \w by|strong="H3027"\w* <i>his</i> \w chamberlains|strong="H5631"\w*: therefore was the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w wroth|strong="H7107"\w*, and his \w anger|strong="H2534"\w* \w burned|strong="H1197"\w* in him.<n>by his…: Heb. which was by the hand of his eunuchs</n><pb/>


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¶ Then the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to the wise \w men|strong="H2450"\w*, which \w knew|strong="H3045"\w* the \w times|strong="H6256"\w*, (for so <i>was</i> the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w manner|strong="H1697"\w* \w toward|strong="H6440"\w* all that \w knew|strong="H3045"\w* \w law|strong="H1881"\w* and \w judgment|strong="H1779"\w*:


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And the \w next|strong="H7138"\w* unto him <i>was</i> \w Carshena|strong="H3771"\w*, \w Shethar|strong="H8369"\w*, \w Admatha|strong="H0133"\w*, \w Tarshish|strong="H8659"\w*, \w Meres|strong="H4825"\w*, \w Marsena|strong="H4826"\w*, <i>and</i> \w Memucan|strong="H4462"\w*, the \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w princes|strong="H8269"\w* of \w Persia|strong="H6539"\w* and \w Media|strong="H4074"\w*, which \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w face|strong="H6440"\w*, <i>and</i> which \w sat|strong="H3427"\w* the \w first|strong="H7223"\w* in the \w kingdom|strong="H4438"\w*;)


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What shall we \w do|strong="H6213"\w* unto the \w queen|strong="H4436"\w* \w Vashti|strong="H2060"\w* according to \w law|strong="H1881"\w*, because she hath not \w performed|strong="H6213"\w* the \w commandment|strong="H3982"\w* of the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Ahasuerus|strong="H0325"\w* \w by|strong="H3027"\w* the \w chamberlains|strong="H5631"\w*?<n>What…: Heb. What to do</n>


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And \w Memucan|strong="H4462"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* and the \w princes|strong="H8269"\w*, \w Vashti|strong="H2060"\w* the \w queen|strong="H4436"\w* hath not done \w wrong|strong="H5753"\w* to the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* only, but also to all the \w princes|strong="H8269"\w*, and to all the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* that <i>are</i> in all the \w provinces|strong="H4082"\w* of the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Ahasuerus|strong="H0325"\w*.


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For <i>this</i> \w deed|strong="H1697"\w* of the \w queen|strong="H4436"\w* shall come \w abroad|strong="H3318"\w* unto all \w women|strong="H0802"\w*, so that they shall \w despise|strong="H0959"\w* their \w husbands|strong="H1167"\w* in their \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*, when it shall be \w reported|strong="H0559"\w*, The \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Ahasuerus|strong="H0325"\w* \w commanded|strong="H0559"\w* \w Vashti|strong="H2060"\w* the \w queen|strong="H4436"\w* to be brought \w in|strong="H0935"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* him, but she \w came|strong="H0935"\w* not.


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<i>Likewise</i> shall the \w ladies|strong="H8282"\w* of \w Persia|strong="H6539"\w* and \w Media|strong="H4074"\w* \w say|strong="H0559"\w* this \w day|strong="H3117"\w* unto all the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w princes|strong="H8269"\w*, which have \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* of the \w deed|strong="H1697"\w* of the \w queen|strong="H4436"\w*. Thus <i>shall there arise</i> too \w much|strong="H1767"\w* \w contempt|strong="H0963"\w* and \w wrath|strong="H7110"\w*.


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If it \w please|strong="H2895"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, let there \w go|strong="H3318"\w* a \w royal|strong="H4438"\w* \w commandment|strong="H1697"\w* from \w him|strong="H6440"\w*, and let it be \w written|strong="H3789"\w* among the \w laws|strong="H1881"\w* of the \w Persians|strong="H6539"\w* and the \w Medes|strong="H4074"\w*, that it be not \w altered|strong="H5674"\w*, That \w Vashti|strong="H2060"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w* no more \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Ahasuerus|strong="H0325"\w*; and let the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* her royal \w estate|strong="H4438"\w* unto \w another|strong="H7468"\w* that is \w better|strong="H2896"\w* than she.<n>If it…: Heb. If it be good with the king</n><n>unto…: Heb. unto her companion</n><n>from him: Heb. from before him</n><n>be not…: Heb. pass not away</n>


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And when the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w decree|strong="H6599"\w* which he shall \w make|strong="H6213"\w* shall be \w published|strong="H8085"\w* throughout all his \w empire|strong="H4438"\w*, (for it is \w great|strong="H7227"\w*,) all the \w wives|strong="H0802"\w* shall \w give|strong="H5414"\w* to their \w husbands|strong="H1167"\w* \w honour|strong="H3366"\w*, both to \w great|strong="H1419"\w* and \w small|strong="H6996"\w*.


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And the \w saying|strong="H1697"\w* \w pleased|strong="H3190"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* and the \w princes|strong="H8269"\w*; and the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* according to the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* of \w Memucan|strong="H4462"\w*:<n>pleased…: Heb. was good in the eyes of the king</n>


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For he \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w letters|strong="H5612"\w* into all the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w provinces|strong="H4082"\w*, into every \w province|strong="H4082"\w* according to the \w writing|strong="H3791"\w* thereof, and to every \w people|strong="H5971"\w* after their \w language|strong="H3956"\w*, that every \w man|strong="H0376"\w* should bear \w rule|strong="H8323"\w* in his own \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, and that <i>it</i> should be \w published|strong="H1696"\w* according to the \w language|strong="H3956"\w* of every \w people|strong="H5971"\w*.<n>that it…: Heb. that one should publish it according to the language of his people</n><pb/>


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\w After|strong="H0310"\w* these \w things|strong="H1697"\w*, when the \w wrath|strong="H2534"\w* of \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Ahasuerus|strong="H0325"\w* was \w appeased|strong="H7918"\w*, he \w remembered|strong="H2142"\w* \w Vashti|strong="H2060"\w*, and what she had \w done|strong="H6213"\w*, and what was \w decreed|strong="H1504"\w* against her.


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Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w servants|strong="H5288"\w* that \w ministered|strong="H8334"\w* unto him, Let there be \w fair|strong="H2896"\w* \w young|strong="H5291"\w* \w virgins|strong="H1330"\w* \w sought|strong="H1245"\w* for the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*:


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And let the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w appoint|strong="H6485"\w* \w officers|strong="H6496"\w* in all the \w provinces|strong="H4082"\w* of his \w kingdom|strong="H4438"\w*, that they may gather \w together|strong="H6908"\w* all the \w fair|strong="H2896"\w* \w young|strong="H5291"\w* \w virgins|strong="H1330"\w* unto \w Shushan|strong="H7800"\w* the \w palace|strong="H1002"\w*, to the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the \w women|strong="H0802"\w*, unto the \w custody|strong="H3027"\w* of \w Hege|strong="H1896"\w* the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w chamberlain|strong="H5631"\w*, \w keeper|strong="H8104"\w* of the \w women|strong="H0802"\w*; and let their things for \w purification|strong="H8562"\w* be \w given|strong="H5414"\w* <i>them:</i><n>unto the…: Heb. unto the hand</n><n>Hege: also called, Hegai</n>


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And let the \w maiden|strong="H5291"\w* which \w pleaseth|strong="H3190"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* be \w queen|strong="H4427"\w* instead of \w Vashti|strong="H2060"\w*. And the \w thing|strong="H1697"\w* \w pleased|strong="H3190"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*; and he did \w so|strong="H6213"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ <i>Now</i> in \w Shushan|strong="H7800"\w* the \w palace|strong="H1002"\w* there was a \w certain|strong="H0376"\w* \w Jew|strong="H3064"\w*, whose \w name|strong="H8034"\w* <i>was</i> \w Mordecai|strong="H4782"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Jair|strong="H2971"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Shimei|strong="H8096"\w*, the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Kish|strong="H7027"\w*, a \w Benjamite|strong="H1145"\w*;


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Who had been carried \w away|strong="H1540"\w* from \w Jerusalem|strong="H3389"\w* with the \w captivity|strong="H1473"\w* which had been carried \w away|strong="H1540"\w* with \w Jeconiah|strong="H3204"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, whom \w Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Babylon|strong="H0894"\w* had carried \w away|strong="H1540"\w*.<n>Jeconiah: also called, Jehoiachin</n>


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And he brought \w up|strong="H0539"\w* \w Hadassah|strong="H1919"\w*, that <i>is</i>, \w Esther|strong="H0635"\w*, his \w uncle’s|strong="H1730"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w*: for she had neither \w father|strong="H0001"\w* nor \w mother|strong="H0517"\w*, and the \w maid|strong="H5291"\w* <i>was</i> \w fair|strong="H3303"\w* and \w beautiful|strong="H2896"\w*; whom \w Mordecai|strong="H4782"\w*, when her \w father|strong="H0001"\w* and \w mother|strong="H0517"\w* were \w dead|strong="H4194"\w*, \w took|strong="H3947"\w* for his own \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w*.<n>brought…: Heb. nourished</n><n>fair…: Heb. fair of form, and good of countenance</n><pb/>


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¶ So it came to pass, when the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w commandment|strong="H1697"\w* and his \w decree|strong="H1881"\w* was \w heard|strong="H8085"\w*, and when \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w maidens|strong="H5291"\w* were gathered \w together|strong="H6908"\w* unto \w Shushan|strong="H7800"\w* the \w palace|strong="H1002"\w*, to the \w custody|strong="H3027"\w* of \w Hegai|strong="H1896"\w*, that \w Esther|strong="H0635"\w* was \w brought|strong="H3947"\w* also unto the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, to the \w custody|strong="H3027"\w* of \w Hegai|strong="H1896"\w*, \w keeper|strong="H8104"\w* of the \w women|strong="H0802"\w*.


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And the \w maiden|strong="H5291"\w* \w pleased|strong="H3190"\w* him, and she \w obtained|strong="H5375"\w* \w kindness|strong="H2617"\w* of \w him|strong="H6440"\w*; and he \w speedily|strong="H0926"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* her her things for \w purification|strong="H8562"\w*, with such things as \w belonged|strong="H4490"\w* to her, and \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w maidens|strong="H5291"\w*, <i>which were</i> \w meet|strong="H7200"\w* to be \w given|strong="H5414"\w* her, out of the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*: and he \w preferred|strong="H8138"\w* her and her \w maids|strong="H5291"\w* unto the \w best|strong="H2896"\w* <i>place</i> of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the \w women|strong="H0802"\w*.<n>such…: Heb. her portions</n><n>preferred: Heb. changed</n>


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\w Esther|strong="H0635"\w* had not \w shewed|strong="H5046"\w* her \w people|strong="H5971"\w* nor her \w kindred|strong="H4138"\w*: for \w Mordecai|strong="H4782"\w* had \w charged|strong="H6680"\w* her that she should not \w shew|strong="H5046"\w* <i>it</i>.


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And \w Mordecai|strong="H4782"\w* \w walked|strong="H1980"\w* every \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \w court|strong="H2691"\w* of the \w women’s|strong="H0802"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, to \w know|strong="H3045"\w* how \w Esther|strong="H0635"\w* \w did|strong="H7965"\w*, and what should \w become|strong="H6213"\w* of her.<n>to know…: Heb. to know the peace</n><pb/>


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¶ Now when every \w maid’s|strong="H5291"\w* \w turn|strong="H8447"\w* was \w come|strong="H5060"\w* to go \w in|strong="H0935"\w* to \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Ahasuerus|strong="H0325"\w*, \w after|strong="H7093"\w* that she had been \w twelve|strong="H8147"\w* \w months|strong="H2320"\w*, according to the \w manner|strong="H1881"\w* of the \w women|strong="H0802"\w*, (for so were the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* of their \w purifications|strong="H4795"\w* \w accomplished|strong="H4390"\w*, <i>to wit</i>, \w six|strong="H8337"\w* \w months|strong="H2320"\w* with \w oil|strong="H8081"\w* of \w myrrh|strong="H4753"\w*, and \w six|strong="H8337"\w* \w months|strong="H2320"\w* with sweet \w odours|strong="H1314"\w*, and with <i>other</i> things for the \w purifying|strong="H8562"\w* of the \w women|strong="H0802"\w*;)


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Then thus \w came|strong="H0935"\w* <i>every</i> \w maiden|strong="H5291"\w* unto the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*; whatsoever she \w desired|strong="H0559"\w* was \w given|strong="H5414"\w* her to \w go|strong="H0935"\w* with her out of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the \w women|strong="H0802"\w* unto the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.


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In the \w evening|strong="H6153"\w* she \w went|strong="H0935"\w*, and on the \w morrow|strong="H1242"\w* she \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* into the \w second|strong="H8145"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the \w women|strong="H0802"\w*, to the \w custody|strong="H3027"\w* of \w Shaashgaz|strong="H8190"\w*, the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w chamberlain|strong="H5631"\w*, which \w kept|strong="H8104"\w* the \w concubines|strong="H6370"\w*: she came \w in|strong="H0935"\w* unto the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* no more, except the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w delighted|strong="H2654"\w* in her, and that she were \w called|strong="H7121"\w* by \w name|strong="H8034"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ Now when the \w turn|strong="H8447"\w* of \w Esther|strong="H0635"\w*, the \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* of \w Abihail|strong="H0032"\w* the \w uncle|strong="H1730"\w* of \w Mordecai|strong="H4782"\w*, who had \w taken|strong="H3947"\w* her for his \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w*, was \w come|strong="H5060"\w* to go \w in|strong="H0935"\w* unto the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, she \w required|strong="H1245"\w* \w nothing|strong="H1697"\w* but what \w Hegai|strong="H1896"\w* the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w chamberlain|strong="H5631"\w*, the \w keeper|strong="H8104"\w* of the \w women|strong="H0802"\w*, \w appointed|strong="H0559"\w*. And \w Esther|strong="H0635"\w* \w obtained|strong="H5375"\w* \w favour|strong="H2580"\w* in the \w sight|strong="H5869"\w* of all them that \w looked|strong="H7200"\w* upon her.


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So \w Esther|strong="H0635"\w* was \w taken|strong="H3947"\w* unto \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Ahasuerus|strong="H0325"\w* into his \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w royal|strong="H4438"\w* in the \w tenth|strong="H6224"\w* \w month|strong="H2320"\w*, which <i>is</i> the \w month|strong="H2320"\w* \w Tebeth|strong="H2887"\w*, in the \w seventh|strong="H7651"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* of his \w reign|strong="H4438"\w*.


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And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w loved|strong="H0157"\w* \w Esther|strong="H0635"\w* above all the \w women|strong="H0802"\w*, and she \w obtained|strong="H5375"\w* \w grace|strong="H2580"\w* and \w favour|strong="H2617"\w* in his \w sight|strong="H6440"\w* more than all the \w virgins|strong="H1330"\w*; so that he \w set|strong="H7760"\w* the \w royal|strong="H4438"\w* \w crown|strong="H3804"\w* upon her \w head|strong="H7218"\w*, and made her \w queen|strong="H4427"\w* instead of \w Vashti|strong="H2060"\w*.<n>favour: or, kindness</n><n>in his…: Heb. before him</n>


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Then the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* a \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w feast|strong="H4960"\w* unto all his \w princes|strong="H8269"\w* and his \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*, <i>even</i> \w Esther’s|strong="H0635"\w* \w feast|strong="H4960"\w*; and he \w made|strong="H6213"\w* a \w release|strong="H2010"\w* to the \w provinces|strong="H4082"\w*, and \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w gifts|strong="H4864"\w*, according to the \w state|strong="H3027"\w* of the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*.<n>release: Heb. rest</n>


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And when the \w virgins|strong="H1330"\w* were gathered \w together|strong="H6908"\w* the second \w time|strong="H8145"\w*, then \w Mordecai|strong="H4782"\w* \w sat|strong="H3427"\w* in the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w gate|strong="H8179"\w*.


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\w Esther|strong="H0635"\w* had not <i>yet</i> \w shewed|strong="H5046"\w* her \w kindred|strong="H4138"\w* nor her \w people|strong="H5971"\w*; as \w Mordecai|strong="H4782"\w* had \w charged|strong="H6680"\w* her: for \w Esther|strong="H0635"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* the \w commandment|strong="H3982"\w* of \w Mordecai|strong="H4782"\w*, like as when she was brought \w up|strong="H0545"\w* with him.<pb/>


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¶ In those \w days|strong="H3117"\w*, while \w Mordecai|strong="H4782"\w* \w sat|strong="H3427"\w* in the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w gate|strong="H8179"\w*, \w two|strong="H8147"\w* of the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w chamberlains|strong="H5631"\w*, \w Bigthan|strong="H0904"\w* and \w Teresh|strong="H8657"\w*, of those which \w kept|strong="H8104"\w* the \w door|strong="H5592"\w*, were \w wroth|strong="H7107"\w*, and \w sought|strong="H1245"\w* to \w lay|strong="H7971"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* on the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Ahasuerus|strong="H0325"\w*.<n>Bigthan: also called, Bigthana</n><n>the door: Heb. the threshold</n>


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And the \w thing|strong="H1697"\w* was \w known|strong="H3045"\w* to \w Mordecai|strong="H4782"\w*, who \w told|strong="H5046"\w* <i>it</i> unto \w Esther|strong="H0635"\w* the \w queen|strong="H4436"\w*; and \w Esther|strong="H0635"\w* \w certified|strong="H0559"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* <i>thereof</i> in \w Mordecai’s|strong="H4782"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w*.


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And when \w inquisition|strong="H1245"\w* was made of the \w matter|strong="H1697"\w*, it was found \w out|strong="H4672"\w*; therefore they were \w both|strong="H8147"\w* \w hanged|strong="H8518"\w* on a \w tree|strong="H6086"\w*: and it was \w written|strong="H3789"\w* in the \w book|strong="H5612"\w* of the \w chronicles|strong="H1697"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*.<pb/>


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\w After|strong="H0310"\w* these \w things|strong="H1697"\w* did \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Ahasuerus|strong="H0325"\w* \w promote|strong="H1431"\w* \w Haman|strong="H2001"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Hammedatha|strong="H4099"\w* the \w Agagite|strong="H0091"\w*, and \w advanced|strong="H5375"\w* him, and \w set|strong="H7760"\w* his \w seat|strong="H3678"\w* above all the \w princes|strong="H8269"\w* that <i>were</i> with him.


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And all the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*, that <i>were</i> in the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w gate|strong="H8179"\w*, \w bowed|strong="H3766"\w*, and \w reverenced|strong="H7812"\w* \w Haman|strong="H2001"\w*: for the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* had so \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* concerning him. But \w Mordecai|strong="H4782"\w* \w bowed|strong="H3766"\w* not, nor did <i>him</i> \w reverence|strong="H7812"\w*.


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Then the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*, which <i>were</i> in the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w gate|strong="H8179"\w*, \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Mordecai|strong="H4782"\w*, Why \w transgressest|strong="H5674"\w* thou the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w commandment|strong="H4687"\w*?


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Now it came to pass, when they \w spake|strong="H0559"\w* \w daily|strong="H3117"\w* unto him, and he \w hearkened|strong="H8085"\w* not unto them, that they \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w Haman|strong="H2001"\w*, to \w see|strong="H7200"\w* whether \w Mordecai’s|strong="H4782"\w* \w matters|strong="H1697"\w* would \w stand|strong="H5975"\w*: for he had \w told|strong="H5046"\w* them that he <i>was</i> a \w Jew|strong="H3064"\w*.


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And when \w Haman|strong="H2001"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* that \w Mordecai|strong="H4782"\w* \w bowed|strong="H3766"\w* not, nor did him \w reverence|strong="H7812"\w*, then was \w Haman|strong="H2001"\w* \w full|strong="H4390"\w* of \w wrath|strong="H2534"\w*.


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And he \w thought|strong="H5869"\w* \w scorn|strong="H0959"\w* to \w lay|strong="H7971"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* on \w Mordecai|strong="H4782"\w* alone; for they had \w shewed|strong="H5046"\w* him the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* of \w Mordecai|strong="H4782"\w*: wherefore \w Haman|strong="H2001"\w* \w sought|strong="H1245"\w* to \w destroy|strong="H8045"\w* all the \w Jews|strong="H3064"\w* that <i>were</i> throughout the whole \w kingdom|strong="H4438"\w* of \w Ahasuerus|strong="H0325"\w*, <i>even</i> the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* of \w Mordecai|strong="H4782"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ In the \w first|strong="H7223"\w* \w month|strong="H2320"\w*, that <i>is</i>, the \w month|strong="H2320"\w* \w Nisan|strong="H5212"\w*, in the \w twelfth|strong="H8147"\w* \w year|strong="H8141"\w* of \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Ahasuerus|strong="H0325"\w*, they \w cast|strong="H5307"\w* \w Pur|strong="H6332"\w*, that <i>is</i>, the \w lot|strong="H1486"\w*, \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w Haman|strong="H2001"\w* from \w day|strong="H3117"\w* to \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, and from \w month|strong="H2320"\w* to \w month|strong="H2320"\w*, <i>to</i> the \w twelfth|strong="H8147"\w* <i>month</i>, that <i>is</i>, the \w month|strong="H2320"\w* \w Adar|strong="H0143"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And \w Haman|strong="H2001"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Ahasuerus|strong="H0325"\w*, There \w is|strong="H3426"\w* a \w certain|strong="H0259"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* scattered \w abroad|strong="H6340"\w* and \w dispersed|strong="H6504"\w* among the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* in all the \w provinces|strong="H4082"\w* of thy \w kingdom|strong="H4438"\w*; and their \w laws|strong="H1881"\w* <i>are</i> \w diverse|strong="H8138"\w* from all \w people|strong="H5971"\w*; neither \w keep|strong="H6213"\w* they the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w laws|strong="H1881"\w*: therefore it <i>is</i> not for the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w profit|strong="H7737"\w* to \w suffer|strong="H3240"\w* them.<n>for the…: Heb. meet or, equal, etc</n>


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If it \w please|strong="H2895"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, let it be \w written|strong="H3789"\w* that they may be \w destroyed|strong="H0006"\w*: and I will \w pay|strong="H8254"\w* \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w talents|strong="H3603"\w* of \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* to the \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* of those that have the \w charge|strong="H6213"\w* of the \w business|strong="H4399"\w*, to \w bring|strong="H0935"\w* <i>it</i> into the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w treasuries|strong="H1595"\w*.<n>that they…: Heb. to destroy them</n><n>pay: Heb. weigh</n>


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And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w took|strong="H5493"\w* his \w ring|strong="H2885"\w* from his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, and \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* it unto \w Haman|strong="H2001"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Hammedatha|strong="H4099"\w* the \w Agagite|strong="H0091"\w*, the \w Jews’|strong="H3064"\w* \w enemy|strong="H6887"\w*.<n>enemy: or, oppressor</n>


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And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Haman|strong="H2001"\w*, The \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* <i>is</i> \w given|strong="H5414"\w* to thee, the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* also, to \w do|strong="H6213"\w* with them as it \w seemeth|strong="H5869"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* to thee.


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Then were the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w scribes|strong="H5608"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* on the \w thirteenth|strong="H7969"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* of the \w first|strong="H7223"\w* \w month|strong="H2320"\w*, and there was \w written|strong="H3789"\w* according to all that \w Haman|strong="H2001"\w* had \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* unto the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w lieutenants|strong="H0323"\w*, and to the \w governors|strong="H6346"\w* that <i>were</i> over every \w province|strong="H4082"\w*, and to the \w rulers|strong="H8269"\w* of every \w people|strong="H5971"\w* of every \w province|strong="H4082"\w* according to the \w writing|strong="H3791"\w* thereof, and <i>to</i> every \w people|strong="H5971"\w* after their \w language|strong="H3956"\w*; in the \w name|strong="H8034"\w* of \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Ahasuerus|strong="H0325"\w* was it \w written|strong="H3789"\w*, and \w sealed|strong="H2856"\w* with the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w ring|strong="H2885"\w*.<n>scribes: or, secretaries</n>


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And the \w letters|strong="H5612"\w* were \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w by|strong="H3027"\w* \w posts|strong="H7323"\w* into all the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w provinces|strong="H4082"\w*, to \w destroy|strong="H8045"\w*, to \w kill|strong="H2026"\w*, and to cause to \w perish|strong="H0006"\w*, all \w Jews|strong="H3064"\w*, both \w young|strong="H5288"\w* and \w old|strong="H2205"\w*, little \w children|strong="H2945"\w* and \w women|strong="H0802"\w*, in \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, <i>even</i> upon the \w thirteenth|strong="H7969"\w* <i>day</i> of the \w twelfth|strong="H8147"\w* \w month|strong="H2320"\w*, which is the \w month|strong="H2320"\w* \w Adar|strong="H0143"\w*, and <i>to take</i> the \w spoil|strong="H7998"\w* of them for a \w prey|strong="H0962"\w*.


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The \w copy|strong="H6572"\w* of the \w writing|strong="H3791"\w* for a \w commandment|strong="H1881"\w* to be \w given|strong="H5414"\w* in every \w province|strong="H4082"\w* was \w published|strong="H1540"\w* unto all \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, that they should be \w ready|strong="H6264"\w* against that \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.


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The \w posts|strong="H7323"\w* went \w out|strong="H3318"\w*, being \w hastened|strong="H1765"\w* by the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w commandment|strong="H1697"\w*, and the \w decree|strong="H1881"\w* was \w given|strong="H5414"\w* in \w Shushan|strong="H7800"\w* the \w palace|strong="H1002"\w*. And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* and \w Haman|strong="H2001"\w* sat \w down|strong="H3427"\w* to \w drink|strong="H8354"\w*; but the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* \w Shushan|strong="H7800"\w* was \w perplexed|strong="H0943"\w*.<pb/>


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When \w Mordecai|strong="H4782"\w* \w perceived|strong="H3045"\w* all that was \w done|strong="H6213"\w*, \w Mordecai|strong="H4782"\w* \w rent|strong="H7167"\w* his \w clothes|strong="H0899"\w*, and put \w on|strong="H3847"\w* \w sackcloth|strong="H8242"\w* with \w ashes|strong="H0665"\w*, and went \w out|strong="H3318"\w* into the \w midst|strong="H8432"\w* of the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, and \w cried|strong="H2199"\w* with a \w loud|strong="H1419"\w* and a \w bitter|strong="H4751"\w* \w cry|strong="H2201"\w*;


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And \w came|strong="H0935"\w* even \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w gate|strong="H8179"\w*: for none <i>might</i> \w enter|strong="H0935"\w* into the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w gate|strong="H8179"\w* \w clothed|strong="H3830"\w* with \w sackcloth|strong="H8242"\w*.


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And in every \w province|strong="H4082"\w*, \w whithersoever|strong="H4725"\w* the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w commandment|strong="H1697"\w* and his \w decree|strong="H1881"\w* \w came|strong="H5060"\w*, <i>there was</i> \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w mourning|strong="H0060"\w* among the \w Jews|strong="H3064"\w*, and \w fasting|strong="H6685"\w*, and \w weeping|strong="H1065"\w*, and \w wailing|strong="H4553"\w*; and \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w lay|strong="H3331"\w* in \w sackcloth|strong="H8242"\w* and \w ashes|strong="H0665"\w*.<n>many…: Heb. sackcloth and ashes were laid under many</n><pb/>


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¶ So \w Esther’s|strong="H0635"\w* \w maids|strong="H5291"\w* and her \w chamberlains|strong="H5631"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* and \w told|strong="H5046"\w* <i>it</i> her. Then was the \w queen|strong="H4436"\w* \w exceedingly|strong="H3966"\w* \w grieved|strong="H2342"\w*; and she \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w raiment|strong="H0899"\w* to \w clothe|strong="H3847"\w* \w Mordecai|strong="H4782"\w*, and to take \w away|strong="H5493"\w* his \w sackcloth|strong="H8242"\w* from him: but he \w received|strong="H6901"\w* <i>it</i> not.<n>chamberlains: Heb. eunuchs</n><pb/>


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Then \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w Esther|strong="H0635"\w* for \w Hatach|strong="H2047"\w*, <i>one</i> of the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w chamberlains|strong="H5631"\w*, whom he had \w appointed|strong="H5975"\w* to \w attend|strong="H6440"\w* upon her, and gave him a \w commandment|strong="H6680"\w* to \w Mordecai|strong="H4782"\w*, to \w know|strong="H3045"\w* what it <i>was</i>, and why it <i>was</i>.<n>appointed…: Heb. set before her</n>


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So \w Hatach|strong="H2047"\w* went \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* to \w Mordecai|strong="H4782"\w* unto the \w street|strong="H7339"\w* of the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, which <i>was</i> \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w gate|strong="H8179"\w*.


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And \w Mordecai|strong="H4782"\w* \w told|strong="H5046"\w* him of all that had \w happened|strong="H7136"\w* unto him, and of the \w sum|strong="H6575"\w* of the \w money|strong="H3701"\w* that \w Haman|strong="H2001"\w* had \w promised|strong="H0559"\w* to \w pay|strong="H8254"\w* to the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w treasuries|strong="H1595"\w* for the \w Jews|strong="H3064"\w*, to \w destroy|strong="H0006"\w* them.


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Also he \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* him the \w copy|strong="H6572"\w* of the \w writing|strong="H3791"\w* of the \w decree|strong="H1881"\w* that was \w given|strong="H5414"\w* at \w Shushan|strong="H7800"\w* to \w destroy|strong="H8045"\w* them, to \w shew|strong="H7200"\w* <i>it</i> unto \w Esther|strong="H0635"\w*, and to \w declare|strong="H5046"\w* <i>it</i> unto her, and to \w charge|strong="H6680"\w* her that she should go \w in|strong="H0935"\w* unto the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, to make \w supplication|strong="H2603"\w* unto him, and to make \w request|strong="H1245"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* him for her \w people|strong="H5971"\w*.


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And \w Hatach|strong="H2047"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* and \w told|strong="H5046"\w* \w Esther|strong="H0635"\w* the \w words|strong="H1697"\w* of \w Mordecai|strong="H4782"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ Again \w Esther|strong="H0635"\w* \w spake|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Hatach|strong="H2047"\w*, and gave him \w commandment|strong="H6680"\w* unto \w Mordecai|strong="H4782"\w*;


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All the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*, and the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* of the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w provinces|strong="H4082"\w*, do \w know|strong="H3045"\w*, that whosoever, whether \w man|strong="H0376"\w* or \w woman|strong="H0802"\w*, shall \w come|strong="H0935"\w* unto the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* into the \w inner|strong="H6442"\w* \w court|strong="H2691"\w*, who is not \w called|strong="H7121"\w*, <i>there is</i> \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w law|strong="H1881"\w* of his to put <i>him</i> to \w death|strong="H4191"\w*, \w except|strong="H0905"\w* such to whom the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* shall hold \w out|strong="H3447"\w* the \w golden|strong="H2091"\w* \w sceptre|strong="H8275"\w*, that he may \w live|strong="H2421"\w*: but I have not been \w called|strong="H7121"\w* to come \w in|strong="H0935"\w* unto the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* these \w thirty|strong="H7970"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w*.


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And they \w told|strong="H5046"\w* to \w Mordecai|strong="H4782"\w* \w Esther’s|strong="H0635"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w*.


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Then \w Mordecai|strong="H4782"\w* \w commanded|strong="H0559"\w* to \w answer|strong="H7725"\w* \w Esther|strong="H0635"\w*, \w Think|strong="H1819"\w* not with \w thyself|strong="H5315"\w* that thou shalt \w escape|strong="H4422"\w* in the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, more than all the \w Jews|strong="H3064"\w*.


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For if thou \w altogether|strong="H2790"\w* holdest thy \w peace|strong="H2790"\w* at this \w time|strong="H6256"\w*, <i>then</i> shall there \w enlargement|strong="H7305"\w* and \w deliverance|strong="H2020"\w* \w arise|strong="H5975"\w* to the \w Jews|strong="H3064"\w* from \w another|strong="H0312"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w*; but thou and thy \w father’s|strong="H0001"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* shall be \w destroyed|strong="H0006"\w*: and who \w knoweth|strong="H3045"\w* whether thou art \w come|strong="H5060"\w* to the \w kingdom|strong="H4438"\w* for <i>such</i> a \w time|strong="H6256"\w* as this?<n>enlargement: Heb. respiration</n><pb/>


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¶ Then \w Esther|strong="H0635"\w* \w bade|strong="H0559"\w* <i>them</i> \w return|strong="H7725"\w* \w Mordecai|strong="H4782"\w* <i>this answer</i>,


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\w Go|strong="H3212"\w*, gather \w together|strong="H3664"\w* all the \w Jews|strong="H3064"\w* that are \w present|strong="H4672"\w* in \w Shushan|strong="H7800"\w*, and \w fast|strong="H6684"\w* ye for me, and neither \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* nor \w drink|strong="H8354"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w*, \w night|strong="H3915"\w* or \w day|strong="H3117"\w*: I also and my \w maidens|strong="H5291"\w* will \w fast|strong="H6684"\w* likewise; and \w so|strong="H3651"\w* will I \w go|strong="H0935"\w* in unto the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, which <i>is</i> not according to the \w law|strong="H1881"\w*: and if I \w perish|strong="H0006"\w*, I \w perish|strong="H0006"\w*.<n>present: Heb. found</n>


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So \w Mordecai|strong="H4782"\w* went his \w way|strong="H5674"\w*, and \w did|strong="H6213"\w* according to all that \w Esther|strong="H0635"\w* had \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* him.<n>went…: Heb. passed</n><pb/>


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Now it came to pass on the \w third|strong="H7992"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, that \w Esther|strong="H0635"\w* put \w on|strong="H3847"\w* <i>her</i> \w royal|strong="H4438"\w* <i>apparel</i>, and \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* in the \w inner|strong="H6442"\w* \w court|strong="H2691"\w* of the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, over \w against|strong="H5227"\w* the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*: and the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w sat|strong="H3427"\w* upon his \w royal|strong="H4438"\w* \w throne|strong="H3678"\w* in the \w royal|strong="H4438"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, over \w against|strong="H5227"\w* the \w gate|strong="H6607"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.


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And it was so, when the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w Esther|strong="H0635"\w* the \w queen|strong="H4436"\w* \w standing|strong="H5975"\w* in the \w court|strong="H2691"\w*, <i>that</i> she \w obtained|strong="H5375"\w* \w favour|strong="H2580"\w* in his \w sight|strong="H5869"\w*: and the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* held \w out|strong="H3447"\w* to \w Esther|strong="H0635"\w* the \w golden|strong="H2091"\w* \w sceptre|strong="H8275"\w* that <i>was</i> in his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*. So \w Esther|strong="H0635"\w* drew \w near|strong="H7126"\w*, and \w touched|strong="H5060"\w* the \w top|strong="H7218"\w* of the \w sceptre|strong="H8275"\w*.


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Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* unto her, What wilt thou, \w queen|strong="H4436"\w* \w Esther|strong="H0635"\w*? and what <i>is</i> thy \w request|strong="H1246"\w*? it shall be even \w given|strong="H5414"\w* thee to the \w half|strong="H2677"\w* of the \w kingdom|strong="H4438"\w*.


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And \w Esther|strong="H0635"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w*, If <i>it seem</i> \w good|strong="H2895"\w* unto the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, let the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* and \w Haman|strong="H2001"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w* this \w day|strong="H3117"\w* unto the \w banquet|strong="H4960"\w* that I have \w prepared|strong="H6213"\w* for him.


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Then the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Cause \w Haman|strong="H2001"\w* to make \w haste|strong="H4116"\w*, that he may \w do|strong="H6213"\w* as \w Esther|strong="H0635"\w* hath \w said|strong="H1697"\w*. So the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* and \w Haman|strong="H2001"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to the \w banquet|strong="H4960"\w* that \w Esther|strong="H0635"\w* had \w prepared|strong="H6213"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Esther|strong="H0635"\w* at the \w banquet|strong="H4960"\w* of \w wine|strong="H3196"\w*, What <i>is</i> thy \w petition|strong="H7596"\w*? and it shall be \w granted|strong="H5414"\w* thee: and what <i>is</i> thy \w request|strong="H1246"\w*? even to the \w half|strong="H2677"\w* of the \w kingdom|strong="H4438"\w* it shall be \w performed|strong="H6213"\w*.


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Then \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* \w Esther|strong="H0635"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, My \w petition|strong="H7596"\w* and my \w request|strong="H1246"\w* <i>is;</i>


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If I have \w found|strong="H4672"\w* \w favour|strong="H2580"\w* in the \w sight|strong="H5869"\w* of the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, and if it \w please|strong="H2895"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* to \w grant|strong="H5414"\w* my \w petition|strong="H7596"\w*, and to \w perform|strong="H6213"\w* my \w request|strong="H1246"\w*, let the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* and \w Haman|strong="H2001"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w* to the \w banquet|strong="H4960"\w* that I shall \w prepare|strong="H6213"\w* for them, and I will \w do|strong="H6213"\w* to \w morrow|strong="H4279"\w* as the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* hath \w said|strong="H1697"\w*.<n>perform: Heb. do</n><pb/>


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¶ Then \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w Haman|strong="H2001"\w* \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* that \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w joyful|strong="H8056"\w* and with a \w glad|strong="H2896"\w* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w*: but when \w Haman|strong="H2001"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w Mordecai|strong="H4782"\w* in the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w gate|strong="H8179"\w*, that he stood not \w up|strong="H6965"\w*, nor \w moved|strong="H2111"\w* for him, \w he|strong="H2001"\w* was \w full|strong="H4390"\w* of \w indignation|strong="H2534"\w* against \w Mordecai|strong="H4782"\w*.


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Nevertheless \w Haman|strong="H2001"\w* \w refrained|strong="H0662"\w* himself: and when he \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w home|strong="H1004"\w*, he \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* and \w called|strong="H0935"\w* for his \w friends|strong="H0157"\w*, and \w Zeresh|strong="H2238"\w* his \w wife|strong="H0802"\w*.<n>called…: Heb. caused to come</n>


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And \w Haman|strong="H2001"\w* \w told|strong="H5608"\w* them of the \w glory|strong="H3519"\w* of his \w riches|strong="H6239"\w*, and the \w multitude|strong="H7230"\w* of his \w children|strong="H1121"\w*, and all <i>the things</i> wherein the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* had \w promoted|strong="H1431"\w* him, and how he had \w advanced|strong="H5375"\w* him above the \w princes|strong="H8269"\w* and \w servants|strong="H5650"\w* of the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*.


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\w Haman|strong="H2001"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* moreover, Yea, \w Esther|strong="H0635"\w* the \w queen|strong="H4436"\w* did let no man come \w in|strong="H0935"\w* with the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* unto the \w banquet|strong="H4960"\w* that she had \w prepared|strong="H6213"\w* but myself; and to \w morrow|strong="H4279"\w* am I \w invited|strong="H7121"\w* unto her also with the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*.


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Yet all this \w availeth|strong="H7737"\w* me nothing, so long \w as|strong="H6256"\w* I \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w Mordecai|strong="H4782"\w* the \w Jew|strong="H3064"\w* \w sitting|strong="H3427"\w* at the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w gate|strong="H8179"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w Zeresh|strong="H2238"\w* his \w wife|strong="H0802"\w* and all his \w friends|strong="H0157"\w* unto him, Let a \w gallows|strong="H6086"\w* be \w made|strong="H6213"\w* of \w fifty|strong="H2572"\w* \w cubits|strong="H0520"\w* \w high|strong="H1364"\w*, and to \w morrow|strong="H1242"\w* \w speak|strong="H0559"\w* thou unto the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* that \w Mordecai|strong="H4782"\w* may be \w hanged|strong="H8518"\w* thereon: then \w go|strong="H0935"\w* thou in \w merrily|strong="H8056"\w* with the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* unto the \w banquet|strong="H4960"\w*. And the \w thing|strong="H1697"\w* \w pleased|strong="H3190"\w* \w Haman|strong="H2001"\w*; and he \w caused|strong="H6213"\w* the \w gallows|strong="H6086"\w* to be \w made|strong="H6213"\w*.<n>gallows: Heb. tree</n><pb/>


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On that \w night|strong="H3915"\w* could \w not|strong="H5074"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w sleep|strong="H8142"\w*, and he \w commanded|strong="H0559"\w* to \w bring|strong="H0935"\w* the \w book|strong="H5612"\w* of \w records|strong="H2146"\w* of the \w chronicles|strong="H1697"\w*; and they were \w read|strong="H7121"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*.<n>could…: Heb. the king’s sleep fled away</n>


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And it was \w found|strong="H4672"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w*, that \w Mordecai|strong="H4782"\w* had \w told|strong="H5046"\w* of \w Bigthana|strong="H0904"\w* and \w Teresh|strong="H8657"\w*, \w two|strong="H8147"\w* of the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w chamberlains|strong="H5631"\w*, the \w keepers|strong="H8104"\w* of the \w door|strong="H5592"\w*, who \w sought|strong="H1245"\w* to \w lay|strong="H7971"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* on the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Ahasuerus|strong="H0325"\w*.<n>Bigthana: also called, Bigthan</n><n>door: Heb. threshold</n>


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And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, What \w honour|strong="H3366"\w* and \w dignity|strong="H1420"\w* hath been \w done|strong="H6213"\w* to \w Mordecai|strong="H4782"\w* for this? Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w servants|strong="H5288"\w* that \w ministered|strong="H8334"\w* unto him, There is \w nothing|strong="H1697"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* for him.<pb/>


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¶ And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Who <i>is</i> in the \w court|strong="H2691"\w*? Now \w Haman|strong="H2001"\w* was \w come|strong="H0935"\w* into the \w outward|strong="H2435"\w* \w court|strong="H2691"\w* of the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, to \w speak|strong="H0559"\w* unto the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* to \w hang|strong="H8518"\w* \w Mordecai|strong="H4782"\w* on the \w gallows|strong="H6086"\w* that he had \w prepared|strong="H3559"\w* for him.


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And the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w servants|strong="H5288"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, Behold, \w Haman|strong="H2001"\w* \w standeth|strong="H5975"\w* in the \w court|strong="H2691"\w*. And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Let him come \w in|strong="H0935"\w*.


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So \w Haman|strong="H2001"\w* came \w in|strong="H0935"\w*. And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, What shall be \w done|strong="H6213"\w* unto the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* whom the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w delighteth|strong="H2654"\w* to \w honour|strong="H3366"\w*? Now \w Haman|strong="H2001"\w* \w thought|strong="H0559"\w* in his \w heart|strong="H3820"\w*, To whom would the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w delight|strong="H2654"\w* to \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w honour|strong="H3366"\w* \w more|strong="H3148"\w* than to myself?<n>whom the king…: Heb. in whose honour the king delighteth</n>


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And \w Haman|strong="H2001"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, For the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* whom the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w delighteth|strong="H2654"\w* to \w honour|strong="H3366"\w*,<n>whom the king…: Heb. in whose honour the king delighteth</n>


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Let the \w royal|strong="H4438"\w* \w apparel|strong="H3830"\w* be \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* which the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* <i>useth</i> to \w wear|strong="H3847"\w*, and the \w horse|strong="H5483"\w* that the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w rideth|strong="H7392"\w* upon, and the \w crown|strong="H3804"\w* \w royal|strong="H4438"\w* which is \w set|strong="H5414"\w* upon his \w head|strong="H7218"\w*:<n>Let…: Heb. Let them bring the royal apparel</n><n>which the king…: Heb. wherewith the king clotheth himself</n>


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And let this \w apparel|strong="H3830"\w* and \w horse|strong="H5483"\w* be \w delivered|strong="H5414"\w* to the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of \w one|strong="H0376"\w* of the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* most \w noble|strong="H6579"\w* \w princes|strong="H8269"\w*, that they may \w array|strong="H3847"\w* the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* <i>withal</i> whom the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w delighteth|strong="H2654"\w* to \w honour|strong="H3366"\w*, and \w bring|strong="H7392"\w* him on \w horseback|strong="H5483"\w* through the \w street|strong="H7339"\w* of the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, and \w proclaim|strong="H7121"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* him, Thus shall it be \w done|strong="H6213"\w* to the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* whom the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w delighteth|strong="H2654"\w* to \w honour|strong="H3366"\w*.<n>bring…: Heb. cause him to ride</n>


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Then the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* to \w Haman|strong="H2001"\w*, Make \w haste|strong="H4116"\w*, <i>and</i> \w take|strong="H3947"\w* the \w apparel|strong="H3830"\w* and the \w horse|strong="H5483"\w*, as thou hast \w said|strong="H1696"\w*, and \w do|strong="H6213"\w* even so to \w Mordecai|strong="H4782"\w* the \w Jew|strong="H3064"\w*, that \w sitteth|strong="H3427"\w* at the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w gate|strong="H8179"\w*: let \w nothing|strong="H1697"\w* \w fail|strong="H5307"\w* of all that thou hast \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w*.<n>let…: Heb. suffer not a whit to fall</n>


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Then \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w Haman|strong="H2001"\w* the \w apparel|strong="H3830"\w* and the \w horse|strong="H5483"\w*, and \w arrayed|strong="H3847"\w* \w Mordecai|strong="H4782"\w*, and brought him on \w horseback|strong="H7392"\w* through the \w street|strong="H7339"\w* of the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, and \w proclaimed|strong="H7121"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* him, Thus shall it be \w done|strong="H6213"\w* unto the \w man|strong="H0376"\w* whom the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w delighteth|strong="H2654"\w* to \w honour|strong="H3366"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And \w Mordecai|strong="H4782"\w* came \w again|strong="H7725"\w* to the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w gate|strong="H8179"\w*. But \w Haman|strong="H2001"\w* \w hasted|strong="H1765"\w* to his \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w mourning|strong="H0057"\w*, and having his \w head|strong="H7218"\w* \w covered|strong="H2645"\w*.


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And \w Haman|strong="H2001"\w* \w told|strong="H5608"\w* \w Zeresh|strong="H2238"\w* his \w wife|strong="H0802"\w* and all his \w friends|strong="H0157"\w* every <i>thing</i> that had \w befallen|strong="H7136"\w* him. Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* his wise \w men|strong="H2450"\w* and \w Zeresh|strong="H2238"\w* his \w wife|strong="H0802"\w* unto him, If \w Mordecai|strong="H4782"\w* <i>be</i> of the \w seed|strong="H2233"\w* of the \w Jews|strong="H3064"\w*, \w before|strong="H6440"\w* whom thou hast \w begun|strong="H2490"\w* to \w fall|strong="H5307"\w*, thou shalt not \w prevail|strong="H3201"\w* against him, but shalt \w surely|strong="H5307"\w* \w fall|strong="H5307"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* him.


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And while they <i>were</i> yet \w talking|strong="H1696"\w* with him, \w came|strong="H5060"\w* the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w chamberlains|strong="H5631"\w*, and \w hasted|strong="H0926"\w* to \w bring|strong="H0935"\w* \w Haman|strong="H2001"\w* unto the \w banquet|strong="H4960"\w* that \w Esther|strong="H0635"\w* had \w prepared|strong="H6213"\w*.<pb/>


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So the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* and \w Haman|strong="H2001"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w banquet|strong="H8354"\w* with \w Esther|strong="H0635"\w* the \w queen|strong="H4436"\w*.<n>to banquet: Heb. to drink</n>


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And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* again unto \w Esther|strong="H0635"\w* on the \w second|strong="H8145"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* at the \w banquet|strong="H4960"\w* of \w wine|strong="H3196"\w*, What <i>is</i> thy \w petition|strong="H7596"\w*, \w queen|strong="H4436"\w* \w Esther|strong="H0635"\w*? and it shall be \w granted|strong="H5414"\w* thee: and what <i>is</i> thy \w request|strong="H1246"\w*? and it shall be \w performed|strong="H6213"\w*, <i>even</i> to the \w half|strong="H2677"\w* of the \w kingdom|strong="H4438"\w*.


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Then \w Esther|strong="H0635"\w* the \w queen|strong="H4436"\w* \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, If I have \w found|strong="H4672"\w* \w favour|strong="H2580"\w* in thy \w sight|strong="H5869"\w*, O \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, and if it \w please|strong="H2895"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, let my \w life|strong="H5315"\w* be \w given|strong="H5414"\w* me at my \w petition|strong="H7596"\w*, and my \w people|strong="H5971"\w* at my \w request|strong="H1246"\w*:


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For we are \w sold|strong="H4376"\w*, I and my \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, to be \w destroyed|strong="H8045"\w*, to be \w slain|strong="H2026"\w*, and to \w perish|strong="H0006"\w*. But \w if|strong="H0432"\w* we had been \w sold|strong="H4376"\w* for \w bondmen|strong="H5650"\w* and \w bondwomen|strong="H8198"\w*, I had held my \w tongue|strong="H2790"\w*, although the \w enemy|strong="H6862"\w* could not \w countervail|strong="H7737"\w* the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w damage|strong="H5143"\w*.<n>to be destroyed…: Heb. that they should destroy, and kill, and cause to perish</n><pb/>


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¶ Then the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Ahasuerus|strong="H0325"\w* \w answered|strong="H0559"\w* and \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Esther|strong="H0635"\w* the \w queen|strong="H4436"\w*, Who is he, and where is he, that durst \w presume|strong="H4390"\w* in his \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* to \w do|strong="H6213"\w* so?<n>that…: Heb. whose heart hath filled him</n>


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And \w Esther|strong="H0635"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, The \w adversary|strong="H0376"\w* and \w enemy|strong="H0341"\w* <i>is</i> this \w wicked|strong="H7451"\w* \w Haman|strong="H2001"\w*. Then \w Haman|strong="H2001"\w* was \w afraid|strong="H1204"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* and the \w queen|strong="H4436"\w*.<n>The adversary: Heb. The man adversary</n><n>before: or, at the presence of</n><pb/>


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¶ And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w arising|strong="H6965"\w* from the \w banquet|strong="H4960"\w* of \w wine|strong="H3196"\w* in his \w wrath|strong="H2534"\w* <i>went</i> into the \w palace|strong="H1055"\w* \w garden|strong="H1594"\w*: and \w Haman|strong="H2001"\w* stood \w up|strong="H5975"\w* to make \w request|strong="H1245"\w* for his \w life|strong="H5315"\w* to \w Esther|strong="H0635"\w* the \w queen|strong="H4436"\w*; for he \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* that there was \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w determined|strong="H3615"\w* against him by the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*.


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Then the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* out of the \w palace|strong="H1055"\w* \w garden|strong="H1594"\w* into the \w place|strong="H1004"\w* of the \w banquet|strong="H4960"\w* of \w wine|strong="H3196"\w*; and \w Haman|strong="H2001"\w* was \w fallen|strong="H5307"\w* upon the \w bed|strong="H4296"\w* whereon \w Esther|strong="H0635"\w* <i>was</i>. Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, Will he \w force|strong="H3533"\w* the \w queen|strong="H4436"\w* also before me in the \w house|strong="H1004"\w*? As the \w word|strong="H1697"\w* went \w out|strong="H3318"\w* of the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w*, they \w covered|strong="H2645"\w* \w Haman’s|strong="H2001"\w* \w face|strong="H6440"\w*.<n>before me: Heb. with me</n>


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And \w Harbonah|strong="H2726"\w*, \w one|strong="H0259"\w* of the \w chamberlains|strong="H5631"\w*, \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, Behold also, the \w gallows|strong="H6086"\w* \w fifty|strong="H2572"\w* \w cubits|strong="H0520"\w* \w high|strong="H1364"\w*, which \w Haman|strong="H2001"\w* had \w made|strong="H6213"\w* for \w Mordecai|strong="H4782"\w*, who had \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* for the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, \w standeth|strong="H5975"\w* in the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Haman|strong="H2001"\w*. Then the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Hang|strong="H8518"\w* him thereon.<n>gallows: Heb. tree</n>


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So they \w hanged|strong="H8518"\w* \w Haman|strong="H2001"\w* on the \w gallows|strong="H6086"\w* that he had \w prepared|strong="H3559"\w* for \w Mordecai|strong="H4782"\w*. Then was the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w wrath|strong="H2534"\w* \w pacified|strong="H7918"\w*.<pb/>


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On that \w day|strong="H3117"\w* did the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Ahasuerus|strong="H0325"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Haman|strong="H2001"\w* the \w Jews’|strong="H3064"\w* \w enemy|strong="H6887"\w* unto \w Esther|strong="H0635"\w* the \w queen|strong="H4436"\w*. And \w Mordecai|strong="H4782"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*; for \w Esther|strong="H0635"\w* had \w told|strong="H5046"\w* what he <i>was</i> unto her.


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And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* took \w off|strong="H5493"\w* his \w ring|strong="H2885"\w*, which he had \w taken|strong="H5674"\w* from \w Haman|strong="H2001"\w*, and \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* it unto \w Mordecai|strong="H4782"\w*. And \w Esther|strong="H0635"\w* \w set|strong="H7760"\w* \w Mordecai|strong="H4782"\w* over the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Haman|strong="H2001"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And \w Esther|strong="H0635"\w* \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* yet \w again|strong="H3254"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, and fell \w down|strong="H5307"\w* \w at|strong="H6440"\w* his \w feet|strong="H7272"\w*, and \w besought|strong="H2603"\w* him with \w tears|strong="H1058"\w* to put \w away|strong="H5674"\w* the \w mischief|strong="H7451"\w* of \w Haman|strong="H2001"\w* the \w Agagite|strong="H0091"\w*, and his \w device|strong="H4284"\w* that he had \w devised|strong="H2803"\w* against the \w Jews|strong="H3064"\w*.<n>and besought…: Heb. and she wept, and besought him</n>


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Then the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* held \w out|strong="H3447"\w* the \w golden|strong="H2091"\w* \w sceptre|strong="H8275"\w* toward \w Esther|strong="H0635"\w*. So \w Esther|strong="H0635"\w* \w arose|strong="H6965"\w*, and \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*,


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And \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, If it \w please|strong="H2896"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, and if I have \w found|strong="H4672"\w* \w favour|strong="H2580"\w* in his \w sight|strong="H6440"\w*, and the \w thing|strong="H1697"\w* <i>seem</i> \w right|strong="H3787"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, and I <i>be</i> \w pleasing|strong="H2896"\w* in his \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*, let it be \w written|strong="H3789"\w* to \w reverse|strong="H7725"\w* the \w letters|strong="H5612"\w* \w devised|strong="H4284"\w* by \w Haman|strong="H2001"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Hammedatha|strong="H4099"\w* the \w Agagite|strong="H0091"\w*, which he \w wrote|strong="H3789"\w* to \w destroy|strong="H0006"\w* the \w Jews|strong="H3064"\w* which <i>are</i> in all the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w provinces|strong="H4082"\w*:<n>devised: Heb. the device</n><n>which he…: or, who wrote</n>


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For \w how|strong="H0349"\w* can I \w endure|strong="H3201"\w* to \w see|strong="H7200"\w* the \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* that shall \w come|strong="H4672"\w* unto my \w people|strong="H5971"\w*? or \w how|strong="H0349"\w* can I \w endure|strong="H3201"\w* to \w see|strong="H7200"\w* the \w destruction|strong="H0013"\w* of my \w kindred|strong="H4138"\w*?<n>endure…: Heb. be able that I may see</n><pb/>


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¶ Then the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Ahasuerus|strong="H0325"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Esther|strong="H0635"\w* the \w queen|strong="H4436"\w* and to \w Mordecai|strong="H4782"\w* the \w Jew|strong="H3064"\w*, Behold, I have \w given|strong="H5414"\w* \w Esther|strong="H0635"\w* the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of \w Haman|strong="H2001"\w*, and him they have \w hanged|strong="H8518"\w* upon the \w gallows|strong="H6086"\w*, because he \w laid|strong="H7971"\w* his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* upon the \w Jews|strong="H3064"\w*.


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\w Write|strong="H3789"\w* ye also for the \w Jews|strong="H3064"\w*, as it \w liketh|strong="H2896"\w* \w you|strong="H5869"\w*, in the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w*, and \w seal|strong="H2856"\w* <i>it</i> with the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w ring|strong="H2885"\w*: for the \w writing|strong="H3791"\w* which is \w written|strong="H3789"\w* in the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w*, and \w sealed|strong="H2856"\w* with the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w ring|strong="H2885"\w*, may no man \w reverse|strong="H7725"\w*.


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Then were the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w scribes|strong="H5608"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* at that \w time|strong="H6256"\w* in the \w third|strong="H7992"\w* \w month|strong="H2320"\w*, that <i>is</i>, the \w month|strong="H2320"\w* \w Sivan|strong="H5510"\w*, on the \w three|strong="H7969"\w* and \w twentieth|strong="H6242"\w* <i>day</i> thereof; and it was \w written|strong="H3789"\w* according to all that \w Mordecai|strong="H4782"\w* \w commanded|strong="H6680"\w* unto the \w Jews|strong="H3064"\w*, and to the \w lieutenants|strong="H0323"\w*, and the \w deputies|strong="H6346"\w* and \w rulers|strong="H8269"\w* of the \w provinces|strong="H4082"\w* which <i>are</i> from \w India|strong="H1912"\w* unto \w Ethiopia|strong="H3568"\w*, an \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* and \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w provinces|strong="H4082"\w*, unto every \w province|strong="H4082"\w* according to the \w writing|strong="H3791"\w* thereof, and unto every \w people|strong="H5971"\w* after their \w language|strong="H3956"\w*, and to the \w Jews|strong="H3064"\w* according to their \w writing|strong="H3791"\w*, and according to their \w language|strong="H3956"\w*.


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And he \w wrote|strong="H3789"\w* in the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Ahasuerus’|strong="H0325"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w*, and \w sealed|strong="H2856"\w* <i>it</i> with the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w ring|strong="H2885"\w*, and \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w letters|strong="H5612"\w* \w by|strong="H3027"\w* \w posts|strong="H7323"\w* on \w horseback|strong="H5483"\w*, <i>and</i> \w riders|strong="H7392"\w* on \w mules|strong="H7409"\w*, \w camels|strong="H0327"\w*, <i>and</i> \w young|strong="H1121"\w* \w dromedaries|strong="H7424"\w*:


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Wherein the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w granted|strong="H5414"\w* the \w Jews|strong="H3064"\w* which <i>were</i> in every \w city|strong="H5892"\w* to gather themselves \w together|strong="H6950"\w*, and to \w stand|strong="H5975"\w* for their \w life|strong="H5315"\w*, to \w destroy|strong="H8045"\w*, to \w slay|strong="H2026"\w*, and to cause to \w perish|strong="H0006"\w*, all the \w power|strong="H2428"\w* of the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* and \w province|strong="H4082"\w* that would \w assault|strong="H6696"\w* them, <i>both</i> little \w ones|strong="H2945"\w* and \w women|strong="H0802"\w*, and <i>to take</i> the \w spoil|strong="H7998"\w* of them for a \w prey|strong="H0962"\w*,


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Upon \w one|strong="H0259"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* in all the \w provinces|strong="H4082"\w* of \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Ahasuerus|strong="H0325"\w*, <i>namely</i>, upon the \w thirteenth|strong="H7969"\w* <i>day</i> of the \w twelfth|strong="H8147"\w* \w month|strong="H2320"\w*, which <i>is</i> the \w month|strong="H2320"\w* \w Adar|strong="H0143"\w*.


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The \w copy|strong="H6572"\w* of the \w writing|strong="H3791"\w* for a \w commandment|strong="H1881"\w* to be \w given|strong="H5414"\w* in every \w province|strong="H4082"\w* <i>was</i> \w published|strong="H1540"\w* unto all \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, and that the \w Jews|strong="H3064"\w* should be \w ready|strong="H6264"\w* against that \w day|strong="H3117"\w* to \w avenge|strong="H5358"\w* themselves on their \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w*.<n>published: Heb. revealed</n>


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<i>So</i> the \w posts|strong="H7323"\w* that \w rode|strong="H7392"\w* upon \w mules|strong="H7409"\w* <i>and</i> \w camels|strong="H0327"\w* went \w out|strong="H3318"\w*, being \w hastened|strong="H0926"\w* and pressed \w on|strong="H1765"\w* by the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w commandment|strong="H1697"\w*. And the \w decree|strong="H1881"\w* was \w given|strong="H5414"\w* at \w Shushan|strong="H7800"\w* the \w palace|strong="H1002"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And \w Mordecai|strong="H4782"\w* went \w out|strong="H3318"\w* from the \w presence|strong="H6440"\w* of the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* in \w royal|strong="H4438"\w* \w apparel|strong="H3830"\w* of \w blue|strong="H8504"\w* and \w white|strong="H2353"\w*, and with a \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w crown|strong="H5850"\w* of \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*, and with a \w garment|strong="H8509"\w* of fine \w linen|strong="H0948"\w* and \w purple|strong="H0713"\w*: and the \w city|strong="H5892"\w* of \w Shushan|strong="H7800"\w* \w rejoiced|strong="H6670"\w* and was \w glad|strong="H8056"\w*.<n>blue: or, violet</n>


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The \w Jews|strong="H3064"\w* had \w light|strong="H0219"\w*, and \w gladness|strong="H8057"\w*, and \w joy|strong="H8342"\w*, and \w honour|strong="H3366"\w*.


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And in every \w province|strong="H4082"\w*, and in every \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, \w whithersoever|strong="H4725"\w* the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w commandment|strong="H1697"\w* and his \w decree|strong="H1881"\w* \w came|strong="H5060"\w*, the \w Jews|strong="H3064"\w* had \w joy|strong="H8057"\w* and \w gladness|strong="H8342"\w*, a \w feast|strong="H4960"\w* and a \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*. And \w many|strong="H7227"\w* of the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* of the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* became \w Jews|strong="H3054"\w*; for the \w fear|strong="H6343"\w* of the \w Jews|strong="H3064"\w* \w fell|strong="H5307"\w* upon them.<pb/>


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Now in the \w twelfth|strong="H8147"\w* \w month|strong="H2320"\w*, that <i>is</i>, the \w month|strong="H2320"\w* \w Adar|strong="H0143"\w*, on the \w thirteenth|strong="H7969"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* of the same, when the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w commandment|strong="H1697"\w* and his \w decree|strong="H1881"\w* drew \w near|strong="H5060"\w* to be put in \w execution|strong="H6213"\w*, in the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* that the \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w* of the \w Jews|strong="H3064"\w* \w hoped|strong="H7663"\w* to have \w power|strong="H7980"\w* over them, (though it was \w turned|strong="H2015"\w* to the contrary, that the \w Jews|strong="H3064"\w* had \w rule|strong="H7980"\w* over them that \w hated|strong="H8130"\w* them;)


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The \w Jews|strong="H3064"\w* gathered themselves \w together|strong="H6950"\w* in their \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* throughout all the \w provinces|strong="H4082"\w* of the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Ahasuerus|strong="H0325"\w*, to \w lay|strong="H7971"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* on such as \w sought|strong="H1245"\w* their \w hurt|strong="H7451"\w*: and no \w man|strong="H0376"\w* could \w withstand|strong="H5975"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w*; for the \w fear|strong="H6343"\w* of them \w fell|strong="H5307"\w* upon all \w people|strong="H5971"\w*.


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And all the \w rulers|strong="H8269"\w* of the \w provinces|strong="H4082"\w*, and the \w lieutenants|strong="H0323"\w*, and the \w deputies|strong="H6346"\w*, and \w officers|strong="H6213"\w* of the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, \w helped|strong="H5375"\w* the \w Jews|strong="H3064"\w*; because the \w fear|strong="H6343"\w* of \w Mordecai|strong="H4782"\w* \w fell|strong="H5307"\w* upon them.<n>officers…: Heb. those which did the business that belonged to the king</n>


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For \w Mordecai|strong="H4782"\w* <i>was</i> \w great|strong="H1419"\w* in the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, and his \w fame|strong="H8089"\w* went \w out|strong="H1980"\w* throughout all the \w provinces|strong="H4082"\w*: for this \w man|strong="H0376"\w* \w Mordecai|strong="H4782"\w* \w waxed|strong="H1980"\w* greater and \w greater|strong="H1419"\w*.


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Thus the \w Jews|strong="H3064"\w* \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* all their \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w* with the \w stroke|strong="H4347"\w* of the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*, and \w slaughter|strong="H2027"\w*, and \w destruction|strong="H0012"\w*, and \w did|strong="H6213"\w* what they \w would|strong="H7522"\w* unto those that \w hated|strong="H8130"\w* them.<n>what…: Heb. according to their will</n>


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And in \w Shushan|strong="H7800"\w* the \w palace|strong="H1002"\w* the \w Jews|strong="H3064"\w* \w slew|strong="H2026"\w* and \w destroyed|strong="H0006"\w* \w five|strong="H2568"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w*.


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And \w Parshandatha|strong="H6577"\w*, and \w Dalphon|strong="H1813"\w*, and \w Aspatha|strong="H0630"\w*,


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And \w Poratha|strong="H6334"\w*, and \w Adalia|strong="H0118"\w*, and \w Aridatha|strong="H0743"\w*,


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And \w Parmashta|strong="H6534"\w*, and \w Arisai|strong="H0747"\w*, and \w Aridai|strong="H0742"\w*, and \w Vajezatha|strong="H2055"\w*,


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The \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Haman|strong="H2001"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Hammedatha|strong="H4099"\w*, the \w enemy|strong="H6887"\w* of the \w Jews|strong="H3064"\w*, \w slew|strong="H2026"\w* they; but on the \w spoil|strong="H0961"\w* \w laid|strong="H7971"\w* they not their \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*.


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On that \w day|strong="H3117"\w* the \w number|strong="H4557"\w* of those that were \w slain|strong="H2026"\w* in \w Shushan|strong="H7800"\w* the \w palace|strong="H1002"\w* was \w brought|strong="H0935"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*.<n>was…: Heb. came</n><pb/>


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¶ And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Esther|strong="H0635"\w* the \w queen|strong="H4436"\w*, The \w Jews|strong="H3064"\w* have \w slain|strong="H2026"\w* and \w destroyed|strong="H0006"\w* \w five|strong="H2568"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* in \w Shushan|strong="H7800"\w* the \w palace|strong="H1002"\w*, and the \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Haman|strong="H2001"\w*; what have they \w done|strong="H6213"\w* in the \w rest|strong="H7605"\w* of the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w provinces|strong="H4082"\w*? now what <i>is</i> thy \w petition|strong="H7596"\w*? and it shall be \w granted|strong="H5414"\w* thee: or what <i>is</i> thy \w request|strong="H1246"\w* \w further|strong="H5750"\w*? and it shall be \w done|strong="H6213"\w*.


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Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* \w Esther|strong="H0635"\w*, If it \w please|strong="H2896"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, let it be \w granted|strong="H5414"\w* to the \w Jews|strong="H3064"\w* which <i>are</i> in \w Shushan|strong="H7800"\w* to \w do|strong="H6213"\w* to \w morrow|strong="H4279"\w* also according unto this \w day’s|strong="H3117"\w* \w decree|strong="H1881"\w*, and let \w Haman’s|strong="H2001"\w* \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* be \w hanged|strong="H8518"\w* upon the \w gallows|strong="H6086"\w*.<n>let Haman’s…: Heb. let men hang, etc</n>


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And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w commanded|strong="H0559"\w* it so to be \w done|strong="H6213"\w*: and the \w decree|strong="H1881"\w* was \w given|strong="H5414"\w* at \w Shushan|strong="H7800"\w*; and they \w hanged|strong="H8518"\w* \w Haman’s|strong="H2001"\w* \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w*.


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For the \w Jews|strong="H3064"\w* that <i>were</i> in \w Shushan|strong="H7800"\w* gathered themselves \w together|strong="H6950"\w* on the \w fourteenth|strong="H0702"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* also of the \w month|strong="H2320"\w* \w Adar|strong="H0143"\w*, and \w slew|strong="H2026"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w men|strong="H0376"\w* at \w Shushan|strong="H7800"\w*; but on the \w prey|strong="H0961"\w* they \w laid|strong="H7971"\w* not their \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*.


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But the \w other|strong="H7605"\w* \w Jews|strong="H3064"\w* that <i>were</i> in the \w king’s|strong="H4428"\w* \w provinces|strong="H4082"\w* gathered themselves \w together|strong="H6950"\w*, and \w stood|strong="H5975"\w* for their \w lives|strong="H5315"\w*, and had \w rest|strong="H5118"\w* from their \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w*, and \w slew|strong="H2026"\w* of their \w foes|strong="H8130"\w* \w seventy|strong="H7657"\w* and \w five|strong="H2568"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w*, but they \w laid|strong="H7971"\w* not their \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* on the \w prey|strong="H0961"\w*,


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On the \w thirteenth|strong="H7969"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* of the \w month|strong="H2320"\w* \w Adar|strong="H0143"\w*; and on the \w fourteenth|strong="H0702"\w* day of the same \w rested|strong="H5118"\w* they, and \w made|strong="H6213"\w* it a \w day|strong="H3117"\w* of \w feasting|strong="H4960"\w* and \w gladness|strong="H8057"\w*.<n>of the same: Heb. in it</n>


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But the \w Jews|strong="H3064"\w* that <i>were</i> at \w Shushan|strong="H7800"\w* assembled \w together|strong="H6950"\w* on the \w thirteenth|strong="H7969"\w* <i>day</i> thereof, and on the \w fourteenth|strong="H0702"\w* thereof; and on the \w fifteenth|strong="H2568"\w* <i>day</i> of the same they \w rested|strong="H5118"\w*, and \w made|strong="H6213"\w* it a \w day|strong="H3117"\w* of \w feasting|strong="H4960"\w* and \w gladness|strong="H8057"\w*.


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Therefore the \w Jews|strong="H3064"\w* of the \w villages|strong="H6521"\w*, that \w dwelt|strong="H3427"\w* in the \w unwalled|strong="H6519"\w* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w*, \w made|strong="H6213"\w* the \w fourteenth|strong="H0702"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* of the \w month|strong="H2320"\w* \w Adar|strong="H0143"\w* <i>a day of</i> \w gladness|strong="H8057"\w* and \w feasting|strong="H4960"\w*, and a \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, and of \w sending|strong="H4916"\w* \w portions|strong="H4490"\w* \w one|strong="H0376"\w* to \w another|strong="H7453"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ And \w Mordecai|strong="H4782"\w* \w wrote|strong="H3789"\w* these \w things|strong="H1697"\w*, and \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w letters|strong="H5612"\w* unto all the \w Jews|strong="H3064"\w* that <i>were</i> in all the \w provinces|strong="H4082"\w* of the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Ahasuerus|strong="H0325"\w*, <i>both</i> \w nigh|strong="H7138"\w* and \w far|strong="H7350"\w*,


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To \w stablish|strong="H6965"\w* <i>this</i> among them, that they should \w keep|strong="H6213"\w* the \w fourteenth|strong="H0702"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* of the \w month|strong="H2320"\w* \w Adar|strong="H0143"\w*, and the \w fifteenth|strong="H2568"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* of the same, \w yearly|strong="H8141"\w*,


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As the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* wherein the \w Jews|strong="H3064"\w* \w rested|strong="H5117"\w* from their \w enemies|strong="H0341"\w*, and the \w month|strong="H2320"\w* which was \w turned|strong="H2015"\w* unto them from \w sorrow|strong="H3015"\w* to \w joy|strong="H8057"\w*, and from \w mourning|strong="H0060"\w* into a \w good|strong="H2896"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*: that they should \w make|strong="H6213"\w* them \w days|strong="H3117"\w* of \w feasting|strong="H4960"\w* and \w joy|strong="H8057"\w*, and of \w sending|strong="H4916"\w* \w portions|strong="H4490"\w* \w one|strong="H0376"\w* to \w another|strong="H7453"\w*, and \w gifts|strong="H4979"\w* to the \w poor|strong="H0034"\w*.


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And the \w Jews|strong="H3064"\w* \w undertook|strong="H6901"\w* to \w do|strong="H6213"\w* as they had \w begun|strong="H2490"\w*, and as \w Mordecai|strong="H4782"\w* had \w written|strong="H3789"\w* unto them;


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Because \w Haman|strong="H2001"\w* the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w Hammedatha|strong="H4099"\w*, the \w Agagite|strong="H0091"\w*, the \w enemy|strong="H6887"\w* of all the \w Jews|strong="H3064"\w*, had \w devised|strong="H2803"\w* against the \w Jews|strong="H3064"\w* to \w destroy|strong="H0006"\w* them, and had \w cast|strong="H5307"\w* \w Pur|strong="H6332"\w*, that <i>is</i>, the \w lot|strong="H1486"\w*, to \w consume|strong="H2000"\w* them, and to \w destroy|strong="H0006"\w* them;<n>consume: Heb. crush</n>


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But when <i>Esther</i> \w came|strong="H0935"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, he \w commanded|strong="H0559"\w* by \w letters|strong="H5612"\w* that his \w wicked|strong="H7451"\w* \w device|strong="H4284"\w*, which he \w devised|strong="H2803"\w* against the \w Jews|strong="H3064"\w*, should \w return|strong="H7725"\w* upon his own \w head|strong="H7218"\w*, and that he and his \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* should be \w hanged|strong="H8518"\w* on the \w gallows|strong="H6086"\w*.<n>when…: Heb. when she came</n>


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Wherefore they \w called|strong="H7121"\w* these \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w Purim|strong="H6332"\w* after the \w name|strong="H8034"\w* of \w Pur|strong="H6332"\w*. Therefore for all the \w words|strong="H1697"\w* of this \w letter|strong="H0107"\w*, and <i>of that</i> which they had \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* concerning this \w matter|strong="H3602"\w*, and which had \w come|strong="H5060"\w* unto them,<n>Pur: that is, Lot</n>


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The \w Jews|strong="H3064"\w* \w ordained|strong="H6965"\w*, and \w took|strong="H6901"\w* upon them, and upon their \w seed|strong="H2233"\w*, and upon all such as \w joined|strong="H3867"\w* themselves unto them, so as it should not \w fail|strong="H5674"\w*, that they would \w keep|strong="H6213"\w* these \w two|strong="H8147"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* according to their \w writing|strong="H3791"\w*, and according to their <i>appointed</i> \w time|strong="H2165"\w* every \w year|strong="H8141"\w*;<n>fail: Heb. pass</n>


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And <i>that</i> these \w days|strong="H3117"\w* <i>should be</i> \w remembered|strong="H2142"\w* and \w kept|strong="H6213"\w* \w throughout|strong="H1755"\w* every \w generation|strong="H1755"\w*, every \w family|strong="H4940"\w*, every \w province|strong="H4082"\w*, and every \w city|strong="H5892"\w*; and <i>that</i> these \w days|strong="H3117"\w* of \w Purim|strong="H6332"\w* should not \w fail|strong="H5674"\w* from \w among|strong="H8432"\w* the \w Jews|strong="H3064"\w*, nor the \w memorial|strong="H2143"\w* of them \w perish|strong="H5486"\w* from their \w seed|strong="H2233"\w*.<n>fail: Heb. pass</n><n>perish: Heb. be ended</n>


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Then \w Esther|strong="H0635"\w* the \w queen|strong="H4436"\w*, the \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* of \w Abihail|strong="H0032"\w*, and \w Mordecai|strong="H4782"\w* the \w Jew|strong="H3064"\w*, \w wrote|strong="H3789"\w* with all \w authority|strong="H8633"\w*, to \w confirm|strong="H6965"\w* this \w second|strong="H8145"\w* \w letter|strong="H0107"\w* of \w Purim|strong="H6332"\w*.<n>authority: Heb. strength</n>


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And he \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* the \w letters|strong="H5612"\w* unto all the \w Jews|strong="H3064"\w*, to the \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w twenty|strong="H6242"\w* and \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w provinces|strong="H4082"\w* of the \w kingdom|strong="H4438"\w* of \w Ahasuerus|strong="H0325"\w*, <i>with</i> \w words|strong="H1697"\w* of \w peace|strong="H7965"\w* and \w truth|strong="H0571"\w*,


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To \w confirm|strong="H6965"\w* these \w days|strong="H3117"\w* of \w Purim|strong="H6332"\w* in their \w times|strong="H2165"\w* <i>appointed</i>, according as \w Mordecai|strong="H4782"\w* the \w Jew|strong="H3064"\w* and \w Esther|strong="H0635"\w* the \w queen|strong="H4436"\w* had \w enjoined|strong="H6965"\w* them, and as they had \w decreed|strong="H6965"\w* for \w themselves|strong="H5315"\w* and for their \w seed|strong="H2233"\w*, the \w matters|strong="H1697"\w* of the \w fastings|strong="H6685"\w* and their \w cry|strong="H2201"\w*.<n>themselves: Heb. their souls</n>


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And the \w decree|strong="H3982"\w* of \w Esther|strong="H0635"\w* \w confirmed|strong="H6965"\w* these \w matters|strong="H1697"\w* of \w Purim|strong="H6332"\w*; and it was \w written|strong="H3789"\w* in the \w book|strong="H5612"\w*.<pb/>


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And the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Ahasuerus|strong="H0325"\w* \w laid|strong="H7760"\w* a \w tribute|strong="H4522"\w* upon the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*, and <i>upon</i> the \w isles|strong="H0339"\w* of the \w sea|strong="H3220"\w*.


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And all the \w acts|strong="H4639"\w* of his \w power|strong="H8633"\w* and of his \w might|strong="H1369"\w*, and the \w declaration|strong="H6575"\w* of the \w greatness|strong="H1420"\w* of \w Mordecai|strong="H4782"\w*, whereunto the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w advanced|strong="H1431"\w* him, <i>are</i> they not \w written|strong="H3789"\w* in the \w book|strong="H5612"\w* of the \w chronicles|strong="H1697"\w* of the \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* of \w Media|strong="H4074"\w* and \w Persia|strong="H6539"\w*?<n>advanced…: Heb. made him great</n>


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For \w Mordecai|strong="H4782"\w* the \w Jew|strong="H3064"\w* <i>was</i> \w next|strong="H4932"\w* unto \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w Ahasuerus|strong="H0325"\w*, and \w great|strong="H1419"\w* among the \w Jews|strong="H3064"\w*, and \w accepted|strong="H7521"\w* of the \w multitude|strong="H7230"\w* of his \w brethren|strong="H0251"\w*, \w seeking|strong="H1875"\w* the \w wealth|strong="H2896"\w* of his \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, and \w speaking|strong="H1696"\w* \w peace|strong="H7965"\w* to all his \w seed|strong="H2233"\w*.


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There was a \w man|strong="H0376"\w* in the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w Uz|strong="H5780"\w*, whose \w name|strong="H8034"\w* <i>was</i> \w Job|strong="H0347"\w*; and that \w man|strong="H0376"\w* was \w perfect|strong="H8535"\w* and \w upright|strong="H3477"\w*, and one that \w feared|strong="H3373"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, and \w eschewed|strong="H5493"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*.


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And there were \w born|strong="H3205"\w* unto him \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* and \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w*.


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His \w substance|strong="H4735"\w* also was \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w*, and \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w* \w camels|strong="H1581"\w*, and \w five|strong="H2568"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* \w yoke|strong="H6776"\w* of \w oxen|strong="H1241"\w*, and \w five|strong="H2568"\w* \w hundred|strong="H3967"\w* she \w asses|strong="H0860"\w*, and a \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w great|strong="H7227"\w* \w household|strong="H5657"\w*; so that this \w man|strong="H0376"\w* was the \w greatest|strong="H1419"\w* of all the \w men|strong="H1121"\w* of the \w east|strong="H6924"\w*.<n>substance: or, cattle</n><n>household: or, husbandry</n><n>men: Heb. sons</n><pb/>


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And his \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w went|strong="H1980"\w* and \w feasted|strong="H4960"\w* <i>in their</i> \w houses|strong="H1004"\w*, every \w one|strong="H0376"\w* his \w day|strong="H3117"\w*; and \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* and \w called|strong="H7121"\w* for their \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w sisters|strong="H0269"\w* to \w eat|strong="H0398"\w* and to \w drink|strong="H8354"\w* with them.


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And it was so, when the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* of <i>their</i> \w feasting|strong="H4960"\w* were gone \w about|strong="H5362"\w*, that \w Job|strong="H0347"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* and \w sanctified|strong="H6942"\w* them, and rose up \w early|strong="H7925"\w* in the \w morning|strong="H1242"\w*, and \w offered|strong="H5927"\w* burnt \w offerings|strong="H5930"\w* <i>according</i> to the \w number|strong="H4557"\w* of them all: for \w Job|strong="H0347"\w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, It may \w be|strong="H0194"\w* that my \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* have \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w*, and \w cursed|strong="H1288"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* in their \w hearts|strong="H3824"\w*. Thus \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w Job|strong="H0347"\w* \w continually|strong="H3117"\w*.<n>continually: Heb. all the days</n><pb/>


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¶ Now there was a \w day|strong="H3117"\w* when the \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w present|strong="H3320"\w* themselves before the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and \w Satan|strong="H7854"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* also \w among|strong="H8432"\w* them.<n>Satan: Heb. the adversary</n><n>among: Heb. in the midst of</n>


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And the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Satan|strong="H7854"\w*, \w Whence|strong="H0370"\w* \w comest|strong="H0935"\w* thou? Then \w Satan|strong="H7854"\w* \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, From going to and \w fro|strong="H7751"\w* in the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*, and from walking up and \w down|strong="H1980"\w* in it.


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And the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Satan|strong="H7854"\w*, Hast thou \w considered|strong="H7760"\w* my \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w Job|strong="H0347"\w*, that <i>there is</i> none like him in the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*, a \w perfect|strong="H8535"\w* and an \w upright|strong="H3477"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w*, one that \w feareth|strong="H3373"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, and \w escheweth|strong="H5493"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*?<n>considered: Heb. set thy heart on</n>


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Then \w Satan|strong="H7854"\w* \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Doth \w Job|strong="H0347"\w* \w fear|strong="H3372"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* for \w nought|strong="H2600"\w*?


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Hast not thou made an \w hedge|strong="H7753"\w* about him, and \w about|strong="H1157"\w* his \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, and about all that he hath on every \w side|strong="H5439"\w*? thou hast \w blessed|strong="H1288"\w* the \w work|strong="H4639"\w* of his \w hands|strong="H3027"\w*, and his \w substance|strong="H4735"\w* is \w increased|strong="H6555"\w* in the \w land|strong="H0776"\w*.<n>substance: or, cattle</n>


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\w But|strong="H0199"\w* put \w forth|strong="H7971"\w* thine \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* now, and \w touch|strong="H5060"\w* all that he hath, and he will \w curse|strong="H1288"\w* thee to thy \w face|strong="H6440"\w*.<n>and he…: Heb. if he curse thee not to thy face</n>


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And the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Satan|strong="H7854"\w*, Behold, all that he hath <i>is</i> in thy \w power|strong="H3027"\w*; only upon himself put not \w forth|strong="H7971"\w* thine \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*. So \w Satan|strong="H7854"\w* went \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* from the \w presence|strong="H6440"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.<n>power: Heb. hand</n><pb/>


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¶ And there was a \w day|strong="H3117"\w* when his \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* and his \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w* <i>were</i> \w eating|strong="H0398"\w* and \w drinking|strong="H8354"\w* \w wine|strong="H3196"\w* in their \w eldest|strong="H1060"\w* \w brother’s|strong="H0251"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*:


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And there \w came|strong="H0935"\w* a \w messenger|strong="H4397"\w* unto \w Job|strong="H0347"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, The \w oxen|strong="H1241"\w* were \w plowing|strong="H2790"\w*, and the \w asses|strong="H0860"\w* \w feeding|strong="H7462"\w* \w beside|strong="H3027"\w* them:


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And the \w Sabeans|strong="H7614"\w* \w fell|strong="H5307"\w* <i>upon them</i>, and took them \w away|strong="H3947"\w*; yea, they have \w slain|strong="H5221"\w* the \w servants|strong="H5288"\w* with the \w edge|strong="H6310"\w* of the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*; and I only am \w escaped|strong="H4422"\w* alone to \w tell|strong="H5046"\w* thee.


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While he <i>was</i> yet \w speaking|strong="H1696"\w*, there \w came|strong="H0935"\w* also another, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, The \w fire|strong="H0784"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w* is \w fallen|strong="H5307"\w* from \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*, and hath burned \w up|strong="H1197"\w* the \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w*, and the \w servants|strong="H5288"\w*, and \w consumed|strong="H0398"\w* them; and I only am \w escaped|strong="H4422"\w* alone to \w tell|strong="H5046"\w* thee.<n>The fire…: or, A great fire</n>


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While he <i>was</i> yet \w speaking|strong="H1696"\w*, there \w came|strong="H0935"\w* also another, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, The \w Chaldeans|strong="H3778"\w* made \w out|strong="H7760"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w bands|strong="H7218"\w*, and \w fell|strong="H6584"\w* upon the \w camels|strong="H1581"\w*, and have carried them \w away|strong="H3947"\w*, yea, and \w slain|strong="H5221"\w* the \w servants|strong="H5288"\w* with the \w edge|strong="H6310"\w* of the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*; and I only am \w escaped|strong="H4422"\w* alone to \w tell|strong="H5046"\w* thee.<n>fell: Heb. rushed</n>


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While he <i>was</i> yet \w speaking|strong="H1696"\w*, there \w came|strong="H0935"\w* also another, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, Thy \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* and thy \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w* <i>were</i> \w eating|strong="H0398"\w* and \w drinking|strong="H8354"\w* \w wine|strong="H3196"\w* in their \w eldest|strong="H1060"\w* \w brother’s|strong="H0251"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*:


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And, behold, there \w came|strong="H0935"\w* a \w great|strong="H1419"\w* \w wind|strong="H7307"\w* \w from|strong="H5676"\w* the \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w*, and \w smote|strong="H5060"\w* the \w four|strong="H0702"\w* \w corners|strong="H6438"\w* of the \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, and it \w fell|strong="H5307"\w* upon the young \w men|strong="H5288"\w*, and they are \w dead|strong="H4191"\w*; and I only am \w escaped|strong="H4422"\w* alone to \w tell|strong="H5046"\w* thee.<n>from…: Heb. from aside, etc</n><pb/>


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Then \w Job|strong="H0347"\w* \w arose|strong="H6965"\w*, and \w rent|strong="H7167"\w* his \w mantle|strong="H4598"\w*, and \w shaved|strong="H1494"\w* his \w head|strong="H7218"\w*, and fell \w down|strong="H5307"\w* upon the \w ground|strong="H0776"\w*, and \w worshipped|strong="H7812"\w*,<n>mantle: or, robe</n>


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And \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Naked|strong="H6174"\w* came I \w out|strong="H3318"\w* of my \w mother’s|strong="H0517"\w* \w womb|strong="H0990"\w*, and \w naked|strong="H6174"\w* shall I \w return|strong="H7725"\w* thither: the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w*, and the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* hath taken \w away|strong="H3947"\w*; \w blessed|strong="H1288"\w* be the \w name|strong="H8034"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.


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In all this \w Job|strong="H0347"\w* \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w* not, nor \w charged|strong="H5414"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w foolishly|strong="H8604"\w*.<n>charged…: or, attributed folly to God</n><pb/>


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Again there was a \w day|strong="H3117"\w* when the \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* of \w God|strong="H0430"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* to \w present|strong="H3320"\w* themselves before the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and \w Satan|strong="H7854"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w* also \w among|strong="H8432"\w* them to \w present|strong="H3320"\w* himself before the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*.


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And the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Satan|strong="H7854"\w*, From \w whence|strong="H0335"\w* \w comest|strong="H0935"\w* thou? And \w Satan|strong="H7854"\w* \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, From going to and \w fro|strong="H7751"\w* in the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*, and from walking up and \w down|strong="H1980"\w* in it.


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And the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Satan|strong="H7854"\w*, Hast \w thou|strong="H7760"\w* \w considered|strong="H3820"\w* my \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* \w Job|strong="H0347"\w*, that <i>there is</i> none like him in the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*, a \w perfect|strong="H8535"\w* and an \w upright|strong="H3477"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w*, one that \w feareth|strong="H3373"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, and \w escheweth|strong="H5493"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*? and still he holdeth \w fast|strong="H2388"\w* his \w integrity|strong="H8538"\w*, although thou \w movedst|strong="H5496"\w* me against him, to \w destroy|strong="H1104"\w* him without \w cause|strong="H2600"\w*.<n>to destroy…: Heb. to swallow him up</n>


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And \w Satan|strong="H7854"\w* \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Skin|strong="H5785"\w* for \w skin|strong="H5785"\w*, yea, all that a \w man|strong="H0376"\w* hath will he \w give|strong="H5414"\w* for his \w life|strong="H5315"\w*.


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\w But|strong="H0199"\w* put \w forth|strong="H7971"\w* thine \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* now, and \w touch|strong="H5060"\w* his \w bone|strong="H6106"\w* and his \w flesh|strong="H1320"\w*, and he will \w curse|strong="H1288"\w* thee to thy \w face|strong="H6440"\w*.


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And the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w Satan|strong="H7854"\w*, Behold, he <i>is</i> in thine \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*; but \w save|strong="H8104"\w* his \w life|strong="H5315"\w*.<n>but: or, only</n><pb/>


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¶ So \w went|strong="H3318"\w* \w Satan|strong="H7854"\w* \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* from the \w presence|strong="H6440"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*, and \w smote|strong="H5221"\w* \w Job|strong="H0347"\w* with \w sore|strong="H7451"\w* \w boils|strong="H7822"\w* from the \w sole|strong="H3709"\w* of his \w foot|strong="H7272"\w* unto his \w crown|strong="H6936"\w*.


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And he \w took|strong="H3947"\w* him a \w potsherd|strong="H2789"\w* to \w scrape|strong="H1623"\w* himself withal; and he sat \w down|strong="H3427"\w* \w among|strong="H8432"\w* the \w ashes|strong="H0665"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ Then \w said|strong="H0559"\w* his \w wife|strong="H0802"\w* unto him, Dost thou still \w retain|strong="H2388"\w* thine \w integrity|strong="H8538"\w*? \w curse|strong="H1288"\w* \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, and \w die|strong="H4191"\w*.


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But he \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto her, Thou \w speakest|strong="H1696"\w* as \w one|strong="H0259"\w* of the foolish \w women|strong="H5036"\w* \w speaketh|strong="H1696"\w*. \w What|strong="H1571"\w*? shall we \w receive|strong="H6901"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w* at the hand of \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, and shall we not \w receive|strong="H6901"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*? In all this did not \w Job|strong="H0347"\w* \w sin|strong="H2398"\w* with his \w lips|strong="H8193"\w*.<pb/>


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¶ Now when \w Job’s|strong="H0347"\w* \w three|strong="H7969"\w* \w friends|strong="H7453"\w* \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* of all this \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* that was \w come|strong="H0935"\w* upon him, they \w came|strong="H0935"\w* every \w one|strong="H0376"\w* from his own \w place|strong="H4725"\w*; \w Eliphaz|strong="H0464"\w* the \w Temanite|strong="H8489"\w*, and \w Bildad|strong="H1085"\w* the \w Shuhite|strong="H7747"\w*, and \w Zophar|strong="H6691"\w* the \w Naamathite|strong="H5284"\w*: for they had made an \w appointment|strong="H3259"\w* \w together|strong="H3162"\w* to \w come|strong="H0935"\w* to \w mourn|strong="H5110"\w* with him and to \w comfort|strong="H5162"\w* him.


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And when they lifted \w up|strong="H5375"\w* their \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* afar \w off|strong="H7350"\w*, and \w knew|strong="H5234"\w* him not, they lifted \w up|strong="H5375"\w* their \w voice|strong="H6963"\w*, and \w wept|strong="H1058"\w*; and they \w rent|strong="H7167"\w* every \w one|strong="H0376"\w* his \w mantle|strong="H4598"\w*, and \w sprinkled|strong="H2236"\w* \w dust|strong="H6083"\w* upon their \w heads|strong="H7218"\w* toward \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*.


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So they sat \w down|strong="H3427"\w* with him upon the \w ground|strong="H0776"\w* \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* and \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* \w nights|strong="H3915"\w*, and none \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* a \w word|strong="H1697"\w* unto him: for they \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* that <i>his</i> \w grief|strong="H3511"\w* was \w very|strong="H3966"\w* \w great|strong="H1431"\w*.<pb/>


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\w After|strong="H0310"\w* this \w opened|strong="H6605"\w* \w Job|strong="H0347"\w* his \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w*, and \w cursed|strong="H7043"\w* his \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.


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And \w Job|strong="H0347"\w* \w spake|strong="H6030"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*,<n>spake: Heb. answered</n>


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Let the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w perish|strong="H0006"\w* wherein I was \w born|strong="H3205"\w*, and the \w night|strong="H3915"\w* <i>in which</i> it was \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, There is a man \w child|strong="H1397"\w* \w conceived|strong="H2029"\w*.


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Let that \w day|strong="H3117"\w* be \w darkness|strong="H2822"\w*; let not \w God|strong="H0433"\w* \w regard|strong="H1875"\w* it from \w above|strong="H4605"\w*, neither let the \w light|strong="H5105"\w* \w shine|strong="H3313"\w* upon it.


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Let \w darkness|strong="H2822"\w* and the shadow of \w death|strong="H6757"\w* \w stain|strong="H1350"\w* it; let a \w cloud|strong="H6053"\w* \w dwell|strong="H7931"\w* upon it; let the \w blackness|strong="H3650"\w* of the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w terrify|strong="H1204"\w* it.<n>stain: or, challenge</n><n>let the…: or, let them terrify it, as those who have a bitter day</n>


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As <i>for</i> that \w night|strong="H3915"\w*, let \w darkness|strong="H0652"\w* \w seize|strong="H3947"\w* upon it; let it not be \w joined|strong="H2302"\w* unto the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* of the \w year|strong="H8141"\w*, let it not \w come|strong="H0935"\w* into the \w number|strong="H4557"\w* of the \w months|strong="H3391"\w*.<n>let it not be…: or, let it not rejoice among the days</n>


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Lo, let that \w night|strong="H3915"\w* be \w solitary|strong="H1565"\w*, let no joyful \w voice|strong="H7445"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w* therein.


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Let them \w curse|strong="H5344"\w* it that \w curse|strong="H0779"\w* the \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, who are \w ready|strong="H6264"\w* to raise \w up|strong="H5782"\w* their \w mourning|strong="H3882"\w*.<n>their…: or, leviathan</n>


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Let the \w stars|strong="H3556"\w* of the \w twilight|strong="H5399"\w* thereof be \w dark|strong="H2821"\w*; let it \w look|strong="H6960"\w* for \w light|strong="H0216"\w*, but <i>have</i> none; neither let it \w see|strong="H7200"\w* the \w dawning|strong="H6079"\w* of the \w day|strong="H7837"\w*:<n>the dawning…: Heb. the eyelids of the morning</n>


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Because it shut not \w up|strong="H5462"\w* the \w doors|strong="H1817"\w* of my <i>mother’s</i> \w womb|strong="H0990"\w*, nor \w hid|strong="H5641"\w* \w sorrow|strong="H5999"\w* from mine \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*.<pb/>


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Why \w died|strong="H4191"\w* I not from the \w womb|strong="H7358"\w*? <i>why</i> did I <i>not</i> give up the \w ghost|strong="H1478"\w* when I came \w out|strong="H3318"\w* of the \w belly|strong="H0990"\w*?


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Why did the \w knees|strong="H1290"\w* \w prevent|strong="H6923"\w* me? or why the \w breasts|strong="H7699"\w* that I should \w suck|strong="H3243"\w*?


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For now should I have lain \w still|strong="H7901"\w* and been \w quiet|strong="H8252"\w*, I should have \w slept|strong="H3462"\w*: then had I been at \w rest|strong="H5117"\w*,


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With \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* and \w counsellors|strong="H3289"\w* of the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*, which \w built|strong="H1129"\w* desolate \w places|strong="H2723"\w* for themselves;


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Or with \w princes|strong="H8269"\w* that had \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*, who \w filled|strong="H4390"\w* their \w houses|strong="H1004"\w* with \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*:


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Or as an \w hidden|strong="H2934"\w* untimely \w birth|strong="H5309"\w* I had not been; as \w infants|strong="H5768"\w* <i>which</i> never \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w light|strong="H0216"\w*.


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There the \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \w cease|strong="H2308"\w* <i>from</i> \w troubling|strong="H7267"\w*; and there the \w weary|strong="H3019"\w* be at \w rest|strong="H5117"\w*.<n>weary: Heb. wearied in strength</n>


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<i>There</i> the \w prisoners|strong="H0615"\w* \w rest|strong="H7599"\w* \w together|strong="H3162"\w*; they \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* not the \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* of the \w oppressor|strong="H5065"\w*.


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The \w small|strong="H6996"\w* and \w great|strong="H1419"\w* are there; and the \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* <i>is</i> \w free|strong="H2670"\w* from his \w master|strong="H0113"\w*.<pb/>


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Wherefore is \w light|strong="H0216"\w* \w given|strong="H5414"\w* to him that is in \w misery|strong="H6001"\w*, and \w life|strong="H2416"\w* unto the \w bitter|strong="H4751"\w* <i>in</i> \w soul|strong="H5315"\w*;


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Which \w long|strong="H2442"\w* for \w death|strong="H4194"\w*, but it <i>cometh</i> not; and \w dig|strong="H2658"\w* for it more than for hid \w treasures|strong="H4301"\w*;<n>long: Heb. wait</n>


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Which \w rejoice|strong="H8056"\w* \w exceedingly|strong="H1524"\w*, <i>and</i> are \w glad|strong="H7797"\w*, when they can \w find|strong="H4672"\w* the \w grave|strong="H6913"\w*?


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<i>Why is light given</i> to a \w man|strong="H1397"\w* whose \w way|strong="H1870"\w* is \w hid|strong="H5641"\w*, and whom \w God|strong="H0433"\w* hath hedged \w in|strong="H5526"\w*?


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For my \w sighing|strong="H0585"\w* \w cometh|strong="H0935"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* I \w eat|strong="H3899"\w*, and my \w roarings|strong="H7581"\w* are poured \w out|strong="H5413"\w* like the \w waters|strong="H4325"\w*.<n>I eat: Heb. my meat</n>


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For the thing which I \w greatly|strong="H6343"\w* \w feared|strong="H6342"\w* is \w come|strong="H0857"\w* upon me, and that which I was \w afraid|strong="H3025"\w* of is \w come|strong="H0935"\w* unto me.<n>the thing…: Heb. I feared a fear, and it came upon me</n>


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I was not in \w safety|strong="H7951"\w*, neither had I \w rest|strong="H8252"\w*, neither was I \w quiet|strong="H5117"\w*; yet \w trouble|strong="H7267"\w* \w came|strong="H0935"\w*.<pb/>


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Then \w Eliphaz|strong="H0464"\w* the \w Temanite|strong="H8489"\w* \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*,


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<i>If</i> we \w assay|strong="H5254"\w* to \w commune|strong="H1697"\w* with thee, wilt thou be \w grieved|strong="H3811"\w*? but who \w can|strong="H3201"\w* \w withhold|strong="H6113"\w* himself from \w speaking|strong="H4405"\w*?<n>to…: Heb. a word</n><n>withhold…: Heb. refrain from words?</n>


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Behold, thou hast \w instructed|strong="H3256"\w* \w many|strong="H7227"\w*, and thou hast \w strengthened|strong="H2388"\w* the \w weak|strong="H7504"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w*.


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Thy \w words|strong="H4405"\w* have \w upholden|strong="H6965"\w* him that was \w falling|strong="H3782"\w*, and thou hast \w strengthened|strong="H0553"\w* the \w feeble|strong="H3766"\w* \w knees|strong="H1290"\w*.


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But now it is \w come|strong="H0935"\w* upon thee, and thou \w faintest|strong="H3811"\w*; it \w toucheth|strong="H5060"\w* thee, and thou art \w troubled|strong="H0926"\w*.


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<i>Is</i> not <i>this</i> thy \w fear|strong="H3374"\w*, thy \w confidence|strong="H3690"\w*, thy \w hope|strong="H8615"\w*, and the \w uprightness|strong="H8537"\w* of thy \w ways|strong="H1870"\w*?<pb/>


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\w Remember|strong="H2142"\w*, I pray thee, who <i>ever</i> \w perished|strong="H0006"\w*, being \w innocent|strong="H5355"\w*? or \w where|strong="H0375"\w* were the \w righteous|strong="H3477"\w* cut \w off|strong="H3582"\w*?


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Even as I have \w seen|strong="H7200"\w*, they that \w plow|strong="H2790"\w* \w iniquity|strong="H0205"\w*, and \w sow|strong="H2232"\w* \w wickedness|strong="H5999"\w*, \w reap|strong="H7114"\w* the same.


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By the \w blast|strong="H5397"\w* of \w God|strong="H0433"\w* they \w perish|strong="H0006"\w*, and by the \w breath|strong="H7307"\w* of his \w nostrils|strong="H0639"\w* are they \w consumed|strong="H3615"\w*.<n>by the breath…: that is, by his anger</n>


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The \w roaring|strong="H7581"\w* of the \w lion|strong="H0738"\w*, and the \w voice|strong="H6963"\w* of the fierce \w lion|strong="H7826"\w*, and the \w teeth|strong="H8127"\w* of the young \w lions|strong="H3715"\w*, are \w broken|strong="H5421"\w*.


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The old \w lion|strong="H3918"\w* \w perisheth|strong="H0006"\w* for \w lack|strong="H1097"\w* of \w prey|strong="H2964"\w*, and the stout \w lion’s|strong="H3833"\w* \w whelps|strong="H1121"\w* are scattered \w abroad|strong="H6504"\w*.<pb/>


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Now a \w thing|strong="H1697"\w* was secretly \w brought|strong="H1589"\w* to me, and mine \w ear|strong="H0241"\w* \w received|strong="H3947"\w* a \w little|strong="H8102"\w* thereof.<n>secretly: Heb. by stealth</n>


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In \w thoughts|strong="H5587"\w* from the \w visions|strong="H2384"\w* of the \w night|strong="H3915"\w*, when deep \w sleep|strong="H8639"\w* \w falleth|strong="H5307"\w* on \w men|strong="H0582"\w*,


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\w Fear|strong="H6343"\w* \w came|strong="H7122"\w* upon me, and \w trembling|strong="H7461"\w*, which made \w all|strong="H7230"\w* my \w bones|strong="H6106"\w* to \w shake|strong="H6342"\w*.<n>came…: Heb. met</n><n>all: Heb. the multitude of</n>


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Then a \w spirit|strong="H7307"\w* \w passed|strong="H2498"\w* before my \w face|strong="H6440"\w*; the \w hair|strong="H8185"\w* of my \w flesh|strong="H1320"\w* stood \w up|strong="H5568"\w*:


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It stood \w still|strong="H5975"\w*, but I could not \w discern|strong="H5234"\w* the \w form|strong="H4758"\w* thereof: an \w image|strong="H8544"\w* <i>was</i> before mine \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*, <i>there was</i> \w silence|strong="H1827"\w*, and I \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* a \w voice|strong="H6963"\w*, <i>saying</i>,<n>there…: or, I heard a still voice</n>


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Shall mortal \w man|strong="H0582"\w* be more \w just|strong="H6663"\w* than \w God|strong="H0433"\w*? shall a \w man|strong="H1397"\w* be more \w pure|strong="H2891"\w* than his \w maker|strong="H6213"\w*?


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Behold, he put no \w trust|strong="H0539"\w* in his \w servants|strong="H5650"\w*; and his \w angels|strong="H4397"\w* he \w charged|strong="H7760"\w* with \w folly|strong="H8417"\w*:<n>and his…: or, nor in his angels, in whom he put light</n>


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How much \w less|strong="H0637"\w* <i>in</i> them that \w dwell|strong="H7931"\w* in \w houses|strong="H1004"\w* of \w clay|strong="H2563"\w*, whose \w foundation|strong="H3247"\w* <i>is</i> in the \w dust|strong="H6083"\w*, <i>which</i> are \w crushed|strong="H1792"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \w moth|strong="H6211"\w*?


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They are \w destroyed|strong="H3807"\w* from \w morning|strong="H1242"\w* to \w evening|strong="H6153"\w*: they \w perish|strong="H0006"\w* for \w ever|strong="H5331"\w* without any \w regarding|strong="H7760"\w* <i>it</i>.<n>destroyed: Heb. beaten in pieces</n>


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Doth not their \w excellency|strong="H3499"\w* <i>which is</i> in them go \w away|strong="H5265"\w*? they \w die|strong="H4191"\w*, even without \w wisdom|strong="H2451"\w*.<pb/>


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\w Call|strong="H7121"\w* now, if there \w be|strong="H3426"\w* any that will \w answer|strong="H6030"\w* thee; and to which of the \w saints|strong="H6918"\w* wilt thou \w turn|strong="H6437"\w*?<n>turn: or, look?</n>


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For \w wrath|strong="H3708"\w* \w killeth|strong="H2026"\w* the foolish \w man|strong="H0191"\w*, and \w envy|strong="H7068"\w* \w slayeth|strong="H4191"\w* the silly \w one|strong="H6601"\w*.<n>envy: or, indignation</n>


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I have \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* the \w foolish|strong="H0191"\w* taking \w root|strong="H8327"\w*: but \w suddenly|strong="H6597"\w* I \w cursed|strong="H5344"\w* his \w habitation|strong="H5116"\w*.


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His \w children|strong="H1121"\w* are \w far|strong="H7368"\w* from \w safety|strong="H3468"\w*, and they are \w crushed|strong="H1792"\w* in the \w gate|strong="H8179"\w*, neither <i>is there</i> any to \w deliver|strong="H5337"\w* <i>them</i>.


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Whose \w harvest|strong="H7105"\w* the \w hungry|strong="H7457"\w* eateth \w up|strong="H0398"\w*, and \w taketh|strong="H3947"\w* it even \w out|strong="H0413"\w* of the \w thorns|strong="H6791"\w*, and the \w robber|strong="H6782"\w* swalloweth \w up|strong="H7602"\w* their \w substance|strong="H2428"\w*.<pb/>


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Although \w affliction|strong="H0205"\w* cometh not \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* of the \w dust|strong="H6083"\w*, neither doth \w trouble|strong="H5999"\w* spring \w out|strong="H6779"\w* of the \w ground|strong="H0127"\w*;<n>affliction: or, iniquity</n>


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Yet \w man|strong="H0120"\w* is \w born|strong="H3205"\w* unto \w trouble|strong="H5999"\w*, as the \w sparks|strong="H1121"\w* \w fly|strong="H5774"\w* \w upward|strong="H1361"\w*.<n>trouble: or, labour</n><n>sparks…: Heb. the sons of the burning coal lift up to fly</n>


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I would \w seek|strong="H0199"\w* unto \w God|strong="H0410"\w*, and unto \w God|strong="H0430"\w* would I \w commit|strong="H7760"\w* my \w cause|strong="H1700"\w*:


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Which \w doeth|strong="H6213"\w* great \w things|strong="H1419"\w* and \w unsearchable|strong="H0369"\w*; marvellous \w things|strong="H6381"\w* without \w number|strong="H4557"\w*:<n>unsearchable: Heb. there is no search</n><n>without…: Heb. till there be no number</n>


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Who \w giveth|strong="H5414"\w* \w rain|strong="H4306"\w* \w upon|strong="H6440"\w* the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*, and \w sendeth|strong="H7971"\w* \w waters|strong="H4325"\w* \w upon|strong="H6440"\w* the \w fields|strong="H2351"\w*:<n>fields: Heb. outplaces</n>


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To set \w up|strong="H7760"\w* on \w high|strong="H4791"\w* those that be \w low|strong="H8217"\w*; that those which \w mourn|strong="H6937"\w* may be \w exalted|strong="H7682"\w* to \w safety|strong="H3468"\w*.


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He \w disappointeth|strong="H6565"\w* the \w devices|strong="H4284"\w* of the \w crafty|strong="H6175"\w*, so that their \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* cannot \w perform|strong="H6213"\w* <i>their</i> \w enterprise|strong="H8454"\w*.<n>their enterprise: or, any thing</n>


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He \w taketh|strong="H3920"\w* the \w wise|strong="H2450"\w* in their own \w craftiness|strong="H6193"\w*: and the \w counsel|strong="H6098"\w* of the \w froward|strong="H6617"\w* is carried \w headlong|strong="H4116"\w*.


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They \w meet|strong="H6298"\w* with \w darkness|strong="H2822"\w* in the \w daytime|strong="H3119"\w*, and \w grope|strong="H4959"\w* in the \w noonday|strong="H6672"\w* as in the \w night|strong="H3915"\w*.<n>meet…: or, run into</n>


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But he \w saveth|strong="H3467"\w* the \w poor|strong="H0034"\w* from the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*, from their \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w*, and from the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of the \w mighty|strong="H2389"\w*.


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So the \w poor|strong="H1800"\w* hath \w hope|strong="H8615"\w*, and \w iniquity|strong="H5766"\w* \w stoppeth|strong="H7092"\w* her \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w*.<pb/>


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Behold, \w happy|strong="H0835"\w* <i>is</i> the \w man|strong="H0582"\w* whom \w God|strong="H0433"\w* \w correcteth|strong="H3198"\w*: therefore \w despise|strong="H3988"\w* not thou the \w chastening|strong="H4148"\w* of the \w Almighty|strong="H7706"\w*:


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For he maketh \w sore|strong="H3510"\w*, and bindeth \w up|strong="H2280"\w*: he \w woundeth|strong="H4272"\w*, and his \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* make \w whole|strong="H7495"\w*.


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He shall \w deliver|strong="H5337"\w* thee in \w six|strong="H8337"\w* \w troubles|strong="H6869"\w*: yea, in \w seven|strong="H7651"\w* there shall no \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w touch|strong="H5060"\w* thee.


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In \w famine|strong="H7458"\w* he shall \w redeem|strong="H6299"\w* thee from \w death|strong="H4194"\w*: and in \w war|strong="H4421"\w* from the \w power|strong="H3027"\w* of the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*.<n>power: Heb. hands</n>


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Thou shalt be \w hid|strong="H2244"\w* from the \w scourge|strong="H7752"\w* of the \w tongue|strong="H3956"\w*: neither shalt thou be \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w* of \w destruction|strong="H7701"\w* when it \w cometh|strong="H0935"\w*.<n>from…: or, when the tongue scourgeth</n>


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At \w destruction|strong="H7701"\w* and \w famine|strong="H3720"\w* thou shalt \w laugh|strong="H7832"\w*: neither shalt thou be \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w* of the \w beasts|strong="H2416"\w* of the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*.


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For thou shalt be in \w league|strong="H1285"\w* with the \w stones|strong="H0068"\w* of the \w field|strong="H7704"\w*: and the \w beasts|strong="H2416"\w* of the \w field|strong="H7704"\w* shall be at \w peace|strong="H7999"\w* with thee.


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And thou shalt \w know|strong="H3045"\w* that thy \w tabernacle|strong="H0168"\w* <i>shall be</i> in \w peace|strong="H7965"\w*; and thou shalt \w visit|strong="H6485"\w* thy \w habitation|strong="H5116"\w*, and shalt not \w sin|strong="H2398"\w*.<n>thy tabernacle…: or, peace is thy tabernacle</n><n>sin: or, err</n>


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Thou shalt \w know|strong="H3045"\w* also that thy \w seed|strong="H2233"\w* <i>shall be</i> \w great|strong="H7227"\w*, and thine \w offspring|strong="H6631"\w* as the \w grass|strong="H6212"\w* of the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*.<n>great: or, much</n>


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Thou shalt \w come|strong="H0935"\w* to <i>thy</i> \w grave|strong="H6913"\w* in a full \w age|strong="H3624"\w*, like as a shock of \w corn|strong="H1430"\w* cometh \w in|strong="H5927"\w* in his \w season|strong="H6256"\w*.<n>cometh in: Heb. ascendeth</n>


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Lo this, we have \w searched|strong="H2713"\w* it, so it <i>is;</i> \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* it, and \w know|strong="H3045"\w* thou <i>it</i> for thy good.<n>for…: Heb. for thyself</n><pb/>


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Oh \w that|strong="H3863"\w* my \w grief|strong="H3708"\w* were \w throughly|strong="H8254"\w* \w weighed|strong="H8254"\w*, and my \w calamity|strong="H1942"\w* \w laid|strong="H5375"\w* in the \w balances|strong="H3976"\w* \w together|strong="H3162"\w*!<n>laid: Heb. lifted up</n>


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For now it would be \w heavier|strong="H3513"\w* than the \w sand|strong="H2344"\w* of the \w sea|strong="H3220"\w*: therefore my \w words|strong="H1697"\w* are swallowed \w up|strong="H3886"\w*.<n>my words…: that is, I want words to express my grief</n>


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For the \w arrows|strong="H2671"\w* of the \w Almighty|strong="H7706"\w* <i>are</i> \w within|strong="H5978"\w* me, the \w poison|strong="H2534"\w* whereof drinketh \w up|strong="H8354"\w* my \w spirit|strong="H7307"\w*: the \w terrors|strong="H1161"\w* of \w God|strong="H0433"\w* do set themselves in \w array|strong="H6186"\w* against me.


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Doth the wild \w ass|strong="H6501"\w* \w bray|strong="H5101"\w* when he hath \w grass|strong="H1877"\w*? or \w loweth|strong="H1600"\w* the \w ox|strong="H7794"\w* over his \w fodder|strong="H1098"\w*?<n>when he…: Heb. at grass?</n>


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Can that which is \w unsavoury|strong="H8602"\w* be \w eaten|strong="H0398"\w* without \w salt|strong="H4417"\w*? or is \w there|strong="H3426"\w* <i>any</i> \w taste|strong="H2940"\w* in the \w white|strong="H7388"\w* of an \w egg|strong="H2495"\w*?


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The things <i>that</i> my \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* \w refused|strong="H3985"\w* to \w touch|strong="H5060"\w* <i>are</i> as my \w sorrowful|strong="H1741"\w* \w meat|strong="H3899"\w*.<pb/>


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Oh that I might \w have|strong="H0935"\w* my \w request|strong="H7596"\w*; and that \w God|strong="H0433"\w* would \w grant|strong="H5414"\w* <i>me</i> the thing that I long \w for|strong="H8615"\w*!<n>the thing…: Heb. my expectation</n>


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Even that it would \w please|strong="H2974"\w* \w God|strong="H0433"\w* to \w destroy|strong="H1792"\w* me; that he would let \w loose|strong="H5425"\w* his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, and cut me \w off|strong="H1214"\w*!


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Then should I yet have \w comfort|strong="H5165"\w*; yea, I would \w harden|strong="H5539"\w* myself in \w sorrow|strong="H2427"\w*: let him not \w spare|strong="H2550"\w*; for I have not \w concealed|strong="H3582"\w* the \w words|strong="H0561"\w* of the Holy \w One|strong="H6918"\w*.


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What <i>is</i> my \w strength|strong="H3581"\w*, that I should \w hope|strong="H3176"\w*? and what <i>is</i> mine \w end|strong="H7093"\w*, that I should \w prolong|strong="H0748"\w* my \w life|strong="H5315"\w*?


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<i>Is</i> my \w strength|strong="H3581"\w* the \w strength|strong="H3581"\w* of \w stones|strong="H0068"\w*? or <i>is</i> my \w flesh|strong="H1320"\w* of \w brass|strong="H5153"\w*?<n>of brass: Heb. brasen?</n>


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<i>Is</i> not my \w help|strong="H5833"\w* in me? and is \w wisdom|strong="H8454"\w* driven \w quite|strong="H5080"\w* from me?<pb/>


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To him that is \w afflicted|strong="H4523"\w* \w pity|strong="H2617"\w* <i>should be shewed</i> from his \w friend|strong="H7453"\w*; but he \w forsaketh|strong="H5800"\w* the \w fear|strong="H3374"\w* of the \w Almighty|strong="H7706"\w*.<n>is afflicted: Heb. melteth</n>


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My \w brethren|strong="H0251"\w* have dealt \w deceitfully|strong="H0898"\w* as a \w brook|strong="H5158"\w*, <i>and</i> as the \w stream|strong="H0650"\w* of \w brooks|strong="H5158"\w* they pass \w away|strong="H5674"\w*;


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Which are \w blackish|strong="H6937"\w* by reason of the \w ice|strong="H7140"\w*, <i>and</i> wherein the \w snow|strong="H7950"\w* is \w hid|strong="H5956"\w*:


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What \w time|strong="H6256"\w* they wax \w warm|strong="H2215"\w*, they \w vanish|strong="H6789"\w*: when it is \w hot|strong="H2527"\w*, they are consumed \w out|strong="H1846"\w* of their \w place|strong="H4725"\w*.<n>vanish: Heb. are cut off</n><n>when…: Heb. in the heat thereof</n><n>consumed: Heb. extinguished</n>


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The \w paths|strong="H0734"\w* of their \w way|strong="H1870"\w* are turned \w aside|strong="H3943"\w*; they \w go|strong="H5927"\w* to \w nothing|strong="H8414"\w*, and \w perish|strong="H0006"\w*.


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The \w troops|strong="H0734"\w* of \w Tema|strong="H8485"\w* \w looked|strong="H5027"\w*, the \w companies|strong="H1979"\w* of \w Sheba|strong="H7614"\w* \w waited|strong="H6960"\w* for them.


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They were \w confounded|strong="H0954"\w* because they had \w hoped|strong="H0982"\w*; they \w came|strong="H0935"\w* thither, and were \w ashamed|strong="H2659"\w*.


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For now ye are nothing; ye \w see|strong="H7200"\w* <i>my</i> casting \w down|strong="H2866"\w*, and are \w afraid|strong="H3372"\w*.<n>ye are…: or, ye are like to them: Heb. to it</n><n>nothing: Heb. not</n><pb/>


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Did I \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Bring|strong="H3051"\w* unto me? or, Give a \w reward|strong="H7809"\w* for me of your \w substance|strong="H3581"\w*?


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Or, \w Deliver|strong="H4422"\w* me from the \w enemy’s|strong="H6862"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*? or, \w Redeem|strong="H6299"\w* me from the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of the \w mighty|strong="H6184"\w*?


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\w Teach|strong="H3384"\w* me, and I will hold my \w tongue|strong="H2790"\w*: and cause me to \w understand|strong="H0995"\w* wherein I have \w erred|strong="H7686"\w*.


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How \w forcible|strong="H4834"\w* are \w right|strong="H3476"\w* \w words|strong="H0561"\w*! but what doth your \w arguing|strong="H3198"\w* \w reprove|strong="H3198"\w*?


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Do ye \w imagine|strong="H2803"\w* to \w reprove|strong="H3198"\w* \w words|strong="H4405"\w*, and the \w speeches|strong="H0561"\w* of one that is \w desperate|strong="H2976"\w*, <i>which are</i> as \w wind|strong="H7307"\w*?


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Yea, ye \w overwhelm|strong="H5307"\w* the \w fatherless|strong="H3490"\w*, and ye \w dig|strong="H3738"\w* <i>a pit</i> for your \w friend|strong="H7453"\w*.<n>ye overwhelm: Heb. ye cause to fall upon</n>


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Now therefore be \w content|strong="H2974"\w*, \w look|strong="H6437"\w* upon me; for <i>it is</i> \w evident|strong="H6440"\w* unto you if I \w lie|strong="H3576"\w*.<n>evident…: Heb. before your face</n>


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\w Return|strong="H7725"\w*, I pray you, let it not be \w iniquity|strong="H5766"\w*; yea, return \w again|strong="H7725"\w*, my \w righteousness|strong="H6664"\w* <i>is</i> in it.<n>in it: that is, in this matter</n>


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Is \w there|strong="H3426"\w* \w iniquity|strong="H5766"\w* in my \w tongue|strong="H3956"\w*? cannot my \w taste|strong="H2441"\w* \w discern|strong="H0995"\w* perverse \w things|strong="H1942"\w*?<n>my taste: Heb. my palate</n><pb/>


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<i>Is there</i> not an appointed \w time|strong="H6635"\w* to \w man|strong="H0582"\w* upon \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*? <i>are not</i> his \w days|strong="H3117"\w* also like the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* of an \w hireling|strong="H7916"\w*?<n>an appointed…: or, a warfare</n>


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As a \w servant|strong="H5650"\w* earnestly \w desireth|strong="H7602"\w* the \w shadow|strong="H6738"\w*, and as an \w hireling|strong="H7916"\w* \w looketh|strong="H6960"\w* for <i>the reward of</i> his \w work|strong="H6467"\w*:<n>earnestly…: Heb. gapeth after</n>


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So am I made to \w possess|strong="H5157"\w* \w months|strong="H3391"\w* of \w vanity|strong="H7723"\w*, and \w wearisome|strong="H5999"\w* \w nights|strong="H3915"\w* are \w appointed|strong="H4487"\w* to me.


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When I lie \w down|strong="H7901"\w*, I \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, When shall I \w arise|strong="H6965"\w*, and the \w night|strong="H6153"\w* be \w gone|strong="H4059"\w*? and I am \w full|strong="H7646"\w* of tossings to and \w fro|strong="H5076"\w* unto the dawning of the \w day|strong="H5399"\w*.<n>the night…: Heb. the evening be measured?</n>


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My \w flesh|strong="H1320"\w* is \w clothed|strong="H3847"\w* with \w worms|strong="H7415"\w* and \w clods|strong="H1487"\w* of \w dust|strong="H6083"\w*; my \w skin|strong="H5785"\w* is \w broken|strong="H7280"\w*, and become \w loathsome|strong="H3988"\w*.


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My \w days|strong="H3117"\w* are \w swifter|strong="H7043"\w* than a \w weaver’s shuttle|strong="H0708"\w*, and are \w spent|strong="H3615"\w* \w without|strong="H0657"\w* \w hope|strong="H8615"\w*.<pb/>


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O \w remember|strong="H2142"\w* that my \w life|strong="H2416"\w* <i>is</i> \w wind|strong="H7307"\w*: mine \w eye|strong="H5869"\w* shall no \w more|strong="H7725"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w*.<n>shall…: Heb. shall not return</n><n>see: to see, that is, to enjoy</n>


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The \w eye|strong="H5869"\w* of him that hath \w seen|strong="H7210"\w* me shall \w see|strong="H7789"\w* me no <i>more:</i> thine \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* <i>are</i> upon me, and I <i>am</i> not.<n>I am…: that is, I can live no longer</n>


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<i>As</i> the \w cloud|strong="H6051"\w* is \w consumed|strong="H3615"\w* and vanisheth \w away|strong="H3212"\w*: so he that goeth \w down|strong="H3381"\w* to the \w grave|strong="H7585"\w* shall come \w up|strong="H5927"\w* no <i>more</i>.


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He shall \w return|strong="H7725"\w* no more to his \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, neither shall his \w place|strong="H4725"\w* \w know|strong="H5234"\w* him any more.


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Therefore I will not \w refrain|strong="H2820"\w* my \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w*; I will \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* in the \w anguish|strong="H6862"\w* of my \w spirit|strong="H7307"\w*; I will \w complain|strong="H7878"\w* in the \w bitterness|strong="H4751"\w* of my \w soul|strong="H5315"\w*.


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<i>Am</i> I a \w sea|strong="H3220"\w*, or a \w whale|strong="H8577"\w*, that thou \w settest|strong="H7760"\w* a \w watch|strong="H4929"\w* over me?


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When I \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, My \w bed|strong="H6210"\w* shall \w comfort|strong="H5162"\w* me, my \w couch|strong="H4904"\w* shall \w ease|strong="H5375"\w* my \w complaint|strong="H7879"\w*;


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Then thou \w scarest|strong="H2865"\w* me with \w dreams|strong="H2472"\w*, and \w terrifiest|strong="H1204"\w* me through \w visions|strong="H2384"\w*:


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So that my \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* \w chooseth|strong="H0977"\w* \w strangling|strong="H4267"\w*, <i>and</i> \w death|strong="H4194"\w* rather than my \w life|strong="H6106"\w*.<n>life: Heb. bones</n>


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I \w loathe|strong="H3988"\w* <i>it;</i> I would not \w live|strong="H2421"\w* \w alway|strong="H5769"\w*: let me \w alone|strong="H2308"\w*; for my \w days|strong="H3117"\w* <i>are</i> \w vanity|strong="H1892"\w*.<pb/>


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What <i>is</i> \w man|strong="H0582"\w*, that thou shouldest \w magnify|strong="H1431"\w* him? and that thou shouldest \w set|strong="H7896"\w* thine \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* upon him?


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And <i>that</i> thou shouldest \w visit|strong="H6485"\w* him every \w morning|strong="H1242"\w*, <i>and</i> \w try|strong="H0974"\w* him every \w moment|strong="H7281"\w*?


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How \w long|strong="H4100"\w* wilt thou not \w depart|strong="H8159"\w* from me, nor let me \w alone|strong="H7503"\w* till I swallow \w down|strong="H1104"\w* my \w spittle|strong="H7536"\w*?


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I have \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w*; what shall I \w do|strong="H6466"\w* unto thee, O thou \w preserver|strong="H5341"\w* of \w men|strong="H0120"\w*? why hast thou \w set|strong="H7760"\w* me as a \w mark|strong="H4645"\w* against thee, so that I am a \w burden|strong="H4853"\w* to myself?


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And why dost thou not \w pardon|strong="H5375"\w* my \w transgression|strong="H6588"\w*, and take \w away|strong="H5674"\w* mine \w iniquity|strong="H5771"\w*? for now shall I \w sleep|strong="H7901"\w* in the \w dust|strong="H6083"\w*; and thou shalt seek me in the \w morning|strong="H7836"\w*, but I <i>shall</i> not <i>be</i>.<pb/>


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Then \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* \w Bildad|strong="H1085"\w* the \w Shuhite|strong="H7747"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*,


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\w How|strong="H0575"\w* \w long|strong="H5704"\w* wilt thou \w speak|strong="H4448"\w* these <i>things</i>? and <i>how long shall</i> the \w words|strong="H0561"\w* of thy \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w* <i>be like</i> a \w strong|strong="H3524"\w* \w wind|strong="H7307"\w*?


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Doth \w God|strong="H0410"\w* \w pervert|strong="H5791"\w* \w judgment|strong="H4941"\w*? or doth the \w Almighty|strong="H7706"\w* \w pervert|strong="H5791"\w* \w justice|strong="H6664"\w*?


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If thy \w children|strong="H1121"\w* have \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w* against him, and he have cast them \w away|strong="H7971"\w* \w for|strong="H3027"\w* their \w transgression|strong="H6588"\w*;<n>for…: Heb. in the hand of their transgression</n>


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If thou wouldest \w seek|strong="H7836"\w* unto \w God|strong="H0410"\w* \w betimes|strong="H7836"\w*, and make thy \w supplication|strong="H2603"\w* to the \w Almighty|strong="H7706"\w*;


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If thou <i>wert</i> \w pure|strong="H2134"\w* and \w upright|strong="H3477"\w*; surely now he would \w awake|strong="H5782"\w* for thee, and make the \w habitation|strong="H5116"\w* of thy \w righteousness|strong="H6664"\w* \w prosperous|strong="H7999"\w*.


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Though thy \w beginning|strong="H7225"\w* was \w small|strong="H4705"\w*, yet thy latter \w end|strong="H0319"\w* should \w greatly|strong="H3966"\w* \w increase|strong="H7685"\w*.<pb/>


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For \w enquire|strong="H7592"\w*, I pray thee, of the \w former|strong="H7223"\w* \w age|strong="H1755"\w*, and \w prepare|strong="H3559"\w* thyself to the \w search|strong="H2714"\w* of their \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*:


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(For we <i>are but of</i> \w yesterday|strong="H8543"\w*, and \w know|strong="H3045"\w* nothing, because our \w days|strong="H3117"\w* upon \w earth|strong="H0776"\w* <i>are</i> a \w shadow|strong="H6738"\w*:)<n>nothing: Heb. not</n>


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Shall not they \w teach|strong="H3384"\w* thee, <i>and</i> \w tell|strong="H0559"\w* thee, and \w utter|strong="H3318"\w* \w words|strong="H4405"\w* out of their \w heart|strong="H3820"\w*?


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Can the \w rush|strong="H1573"\w* grow \w up|strong="H1342"\w* without \w mire|strong="H1207"\w*? \w can|strong="H7685"\w* the \w flag|strong="H0260"\w* \w grow|strong="H7685"\w* \w without|strong="H1097"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w*?


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Whilst it <i>is</i> yet in his \w greenness|strong="H0003"\w*, <i>and</i> not cut \w down|strong="H6998"\w*, it \w withereth|strong="H3001"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* any <i>other</i> \w herb|strong="H2682"\w*.


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So <i>are</i> the \w paths|strong="H0734"\w* of all that \w forget|strong="H7911"\w* \w God|strong="H0410"\w*; and the \w hypocrite’s|strong="H2611"\w* \w hope|strong="H8615"\w* shall \w perish|strong="H0006"\w*:


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Whose \w hope|strong="H3689"\w* shall be cut \w off|strong="H6990"\w*, and whose \w trust|strong="H4009"\w* <i>shall be</i> a \w spider’s|strong="H5908"\w* \w web|strong="H1004"\w*.<n>web: Heb. house</n>


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He shall \w lean|strong="H8172"\w* upon his \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, but it shall not \w stand|strong="H5975"\w*: he shall \w hold|strong="H2388"\w* it fast, but it shall not \w endure|strong="H6965"\w*.


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He <i>is</i> \w green|strong="H7373"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \w sun|strong="H8121"\w*, and his \w branch|strong="H3127"\w* shooteth \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* in his \w garden|strong="H1593"\w*.


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His \w roots|strong="H8328"\w* are wrapped \w about|strong="H5440"\w* the \w heap|strong="H1530"\w*, <i>and</i> \w seeth|strong="H2372"\w* the \w place|strong="H1004"\w* of \w stones|strong="H0068"\w*.


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If he \w destroy|strong="H1104"\w* him from his \w place|strong="H4725"\w*, then <i>it</i> shall \w deny|strong="H3584"\w* him, <i>saying</i>, I have not \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* thee.


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Behold, this <i>is</i> the \w joy|strong="H4885"\w* of his \w way|strong="H1870"\w*, and out of the \w earth|strong="H6083"\w* shall \w others|strong="H0312"\w* \w grow|strong="H6779"\w*.<pb/>


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Behold, \w God|strong="H0410"\w* will not cast \w away|strong="H3988"\w* a \w perfect|strong="H8535"\w* <i>man</i>, neither will he \w help|strong="H2388"\w* the evil \w doers|strong="H7489"\w*:<n>help…: Heb. take the ungodly by the hand</n><n>come: Heb. shall not be</n>


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Till he \w fill|strong="H4390"\w* thy \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w* with \w laughing|strong="H7814"\w*, and thy \w lips|strong="H8193"\w* with \w rejoicing|strong="H8643"\w*.<n>rejoicing: Heb. shouting for joy</n>


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They that \w hate|strong="H8130"\w* thee shall be \w clothed|strong="H3847"\w* with \w shame|strong="H1322"\w*; and the \w dwelling|strong="H0168"\w* place of the \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* shall come to \w nought|strong="H0369"\w*.<n>shall come…: Heb. shall not be</n><pb/>


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I \w know|strong="H3045"\w* <i>it is</i> so of a \w truth|strong="H0551"\w*: but how should \w man|strong="H0582"\w* be \w just|strong="H6663"\w* with \w God|strong="H0410"\w*?<n>with God: or, before God?</n>


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If he \w will|strong="H2654"\w* \w contend|strong="H7378"\w* with him, he cannot \w answer|strong="H6030"\w* him \w one|strong="H0259"\w* of a \w thousand|strong="H0505"\w*.


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<i>He is</i> \w wise|strong="H2450"\w* in \w heart|strong="H3824"\w*, and \w mighty|strong="H0533"\w* in \w strength|strong="H3581"\w*: who hath \w hardened|strong="H7185"\w* <i>himself</i> against him, and hath \w prospered|strong="H7999"\w*?


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Which \w removeth|strong="H6275"\w* the \w mountains|strong="H2022"\w*, and they \w know|strong="H3045"\w* not: which \w overturneth|strong="H2015"\w* them in his \w anger|strong="H0639"\w*.


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Which \w shaketh|strong="H7264"\w* the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w* out of her \w place|strong="H4725"\w*, and the \w pillars|strong="H5982"\w* thereof \w tremble|strong="H6426"\w*.


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Which \w commandeth|strong="H0559"\w* the \w sun|strong="H2775"\w*, and it \w riseth|strong="H2224"\w* not; and sealeth \w up|strong="H2856"\w* the \w stars|strong="H3556"\w*.


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Which alone spreadeth \w out|strong="H5186"\w* the \w heavens|strong="H8064"\w*, and \w treadeth|strong="H1869"\w* upon the \w waves|strong="H1116"\w* of the \w sea|strong="H3220"\w*.<n>waves: Heb. heights</n>


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Which \w maketh|strong="H6213"\w* \w Arcturus|strong="H5906"\w*, \w Orion|strong="H3685"\w*, and \w Pleiades|strong="H3598"\w*, and the \w chambers|strong="H2315"\w* of the \w south|strong="H8486"\w*.<n>Arcturus…: Heb. Ash, Cesil, and Cimah</n>


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Which \w doeth|strong="H6213"\w* great \w things|strong="H1419"\w* \w past|strong="H0369"\w* finding \w out|strong="H2714"\w*; yea, and \w wonders|strong="H6381"\w* without \w number|strong="H4557"\w*.


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Lo, he \w goeth|strong="H5674"\w* by me, and I \w see|strong="H7200"\w* <i>him</i> not: he passeth \w on|strong="H2498"\w* also, but I \w perceive|strong="H0995"\w* him not.


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Behold, he taketh \w away|strong="H2862"\w*, who can \w hinder|strong="H7725"\w* him? who will \w say|strong="H0559"\w* unto him, What \w doest|strong="H6213"\w* thou?<n>hinder…: Heb. turn him away?</n>


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<i>If</i> \w God|strong="H0433"\w* will not \w withdraw|strong="H7725"\w* his \w anger|strong="H0639"\w*, the \w proud|strong="H7293"\w* \w helpers|strong="H5826"\w* do \w stoop|strong="H7817"\w* under him.<n>proud…: Heb. helpers of pride, or, strength</n><pb/>


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How much less shall I \w answer|strong="H6030"\w* him, <i>and</i> choose \w out|strong="H0977"\w* my \w words|strong="H1697"\w* <i>to reason</i> with him?


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Whom, though I were \w righteous|strong="H6663"\w*, <i>yet</i> would I not \w answer|strong="H6030"\w*, <i>but</i> I would make \w supplication|strong="H2603"\w* to my \w judge|strong="H8199"\w*.


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If I had \w called|strong="H7121"\w*, and he had \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* me; <i>yet</i> would I not \w believe|strong="H0539"\w* that he had \w hearkened|strong="H0238"\w* unto my \w voice|strong="H6963"\w*.


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For he \w breaketh|strong="H7779"\w* me with a \w tempest|strong="H8183"\w*, and \w multiplieth|strong="H7235"\w* my \w wounds|strong="H6482"\w* without \w cause|strong="H2600"\w*.


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He will not \w suffer|strong="H5414"\w* me to \w take|strong="H7725"\w* my \w breath|strong="H7307"\w*, but \w filleth|strong="H7646"\w* me with \w bitterness|strong="H4472"\w*.


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If <i>I speak</i> of \w strength|strong="H3581"\w*, lo, <i>he is</i> \w strong|strong="H0533"\w*: and if of \w judgment|strong="H4941"\w*, who shall \w set|strong="H3259"\w* me a time <i>to plead</i>?


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If I \w justify|strong="H6663"\w* myself, mine own \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w* shall \w condemn|strong="H7561"\w* me: <i>if I say</i>, I <i>am</i> \w perfect|strong="H8535"\w*, it shall also prove me \w perverse|strong="H6140"\w*.


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<i>Though</i> I <i>were</i> \w perfect|strong="H8535"\w*, <i>yet</i> would I not \w know|strong="H3045"\w* my \w soul|strong="H5315"\w*: I would \w despise|strong="H3988"\w* my \w life|strong="H2416"\w*.<pb/>


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This <i>is</i> \w one|strong="H0259"\w* <i>thing</i>, therefore I \w said|strong="H0559"\w* <i>it</i>, He \w destroyeth|strong="H3615"\w* the \w perfect|strong="H8535"\w* and the \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w*.


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If the \w scourge|strong="H7752"\w* \w slay|strong="H4191"\w* \w suddenly|strong="H6597"\w*, he will \w laugh|strong="H3932"\w* at the \w trial|strong="H4531"\w* of the \w innocent|strong="H5355"\w*.


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The \w earth|strong="H0776"\w* is \w given|strong="H5414"\w* into the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of the \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w*: he \w covereth|strong="H3680"\w* the \w faces|strong="H6440"\w* of the \w judges|strong="H8199"\w* thereof; if not, \w where|strong="H0645"\w*, <i>and</i> who <i>is</i> he?<pb/>


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Now my \w days|strong="H3117"\w* are \w swifter|strong="H7043"\w* than a \w post|strong="H7323"\w*: they flee \w away|strong="H1272"\w*, they \w see|strong="H7200"\w* no \w good|strong="H2896"\w*.


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They are passed \w away|strong="H2498"\w* \w as|strong="H5973"\w* the \w swift|strong="H0016"\w* \w ships|strong="H0591"\w*: as the \w eagle|strong="H5404"\w* <i>that</i> \w hasteth|strong="H2907"\w* to the \w prey|strong="H0400"\w*.<n>swift…: or, ships of Ebeh: Heb. ships of desire</n>


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If I \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, I will \w forget|strong="H7911"\w* my \w complaint|strong="H7879"\w*, I will leave \w off|strong="H5800"\w* my \w heaviness|strong="H6440"\w*, and \w comfort|strong="H1082"\w* <i>myself:</i>


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I am \w afraid|strong="H3025"\w* of all my \w sorrows|strong="H6094"\w*, I \w know|strong="H3045"\w* that thou wilt not hold me \w innocent|strong="H5352"\w*.


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<i>If</i> I be \w wicked|strong="H7561"\w*, why then \w labour|strong="H3021"\w* I in \w vain|strong="H1892"\w*?


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If I \w wash|strong="H7364"\w* myself \w with|strong="H7950"\w* snow \w water|strong="H4325"\w*, and make my \w hands|strong="H3709"\w* \w never|strong="H1252"\w* so \w clean|strong="H2141"\w*;


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\w Yet|strong="H0227"\w* shalt thou \w plunge|strong="H2881"\w* me in the \w ditch|strong="H7845"\w*, and mine own \w clothes|strong="H8008"\w* shall \w abhor|strong="H8581"\w* me.<n>abhor…: or, make me to be abhorred</n>


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For <i>he is</i> not a \w man|strong="H0376"\w*, as I <i>am, that</i> I should \w answer|strong="H6030"\w* him, <i>and</i> we should \w come|strong="H0935"\w* \w together|strong="H3162"\w* in \w judgment|strong="H4941"\w*.


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Neither \w is|strong="H3426"\w* there any \w daysman|strong="H3198"\w* betwixt us, <i>that</i> might \w lay|strong="H7896"\w* his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* upon us \w both|strong="H8147"\w*.<n>any…: Heb. one that should argue</n><n>daysman: or, umpire</n>


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Let him \w take|strong="H5493"\w* his \w rod|strong="H7626"\w* \w away|strong="H5493"\w* from me, and let not his \w fear|strong="H0367"\w* \w terrify|strong="H1204"\w* me:


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<i>Then</i> would I \w speak|strong="H1696"\w*, and not \w fear|strong="H3372"\w* him; but <i>it is</i> not so with me.<n>it is…: Heb. I am not so with myself</n><pb/>


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My \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* is \w weary|strong="H5354"\w* of my \w life|strong="H2416"\w*; I will \w leave|strong="H5800"\w* my \w complaint|strong="H7879"\w* upon myself; I will \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* in the \w bitterness|strong="H4751"\w* of my \w soul|strong="H5315"\w*.<n>weary…: or, cut off while I live</n>


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I will \w say|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w God|strong="H0433"\w*, Do not \w condemn|strong="H7561"\w* me; \w shew|strong="H3045"\w* me wherefore thou \w contendest|strong="H7378"\w* with me.


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<i>Is it</i> \w good|strong="H2895"\w* unto thee that thou shouldest \w oppress|strong="H6231"\w*, that thou shouldest \w despise|strong="H3988"\w* the \w work|strong="H3018"\w* of thine \w hands|strong="H3709"\w*, and \w shine|strong="H3313"\w* upon the \w counsel|strong="H6098"\w* of the \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w*?<n>work: Heb. labour</n>


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Hast thou \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* of \w flesh|strong="H1320"\w*? or \w seest|strong="H7200"\w* thou as \w man|strong="H0582"\w* \w seeth|strong="H7200"\w*?


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<i>Are</i> thy \w days|strong="H3117"\w* as the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* of \w man|strong="H0582"\w*? <i>are</i> thy \w years|strong="H8141"\w* as \w man’s|strong="H1397"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w*,


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That thou \w enquirest|strong="H1245"\w* after mine \w iniquity|strong="H5771"\w*, and \w searchest|strong="H1875"\w* after my \w sin|strong="H2403"\w*?


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Thou \w knowest|strong="H1847"\w* that I am not \w wicked|strong="H7561"\w*; and <i>there is</i> none that can \w deliver|strong="H5337"\w* out of thine \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*.<n>Thou…: Heb. It is upon thy knowledge</n><pb/>


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Thine \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* have \w made|strong="H6087"\w* me and \w fashioned|strong="H6213"\w* me \w together|strong="H3162"\w* round \w about|strong="H5439"\w*; yet thou dost \w destroy|strong="H1104"\w* me.<n>have…: Heb. took pains about me</n>


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\w Remember|strong="H2142"\w*, I beseech thee, that thou hast \w made|strong="H6213"\w* me as the \w clay|strong="H2563"\w*; and wilt thou \w bring|strong="H7725"\w* me into \w dust|strong="H6083"\w* \w again|strong="H7725"\w*?


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Hast thou not poured me \w out|strong="H5413"\w* as \w milk|strong="H2461"\w*, and \w curdled|strong="H7087"\w* me like \w cheese|strong="H1385"\w*?


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Thou hast \w clothed|strong="H3847"\w* me with \w skin|strong="H5785"\w* and \w flesh|strong="H1320"\w*, and hast \w fenced|strong="H7753"\w* me with \w bones|strong="H6106"\w* and \w sinews|strong="H1517"\w*.<n>fenced: Heb. hedged</n>


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Thou hast \w granted|strong="H6213"\w* me \w life|strong="H2416"\w* and \w favour|strong="H2617"\w*, and thy \w visitation|strong="H6486"\w* hath \w preserved|strong="H8104"\w* my \w spirit|strong="H7307"\w*.


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And these <i>things</i> hast thou \w hid|strong="H6845"\w* in thine \w heart|strong="H3824"\w*: I \w know|strong="H3045"\w* that this <i>is</i> with thee.<pb/>


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If I \w sin|strong="H2398"\w*, then thou \w markest|strong="H8104"\w* me, and thou wilt not \w acquit|strong="H5352"\w* me from mine \w iniquity|strong="H5771"\w*.


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If I be \w wicked|strong="H7561"\w*, \w woe|strong="H0480"\w* unto me; and <i>if</i> I be \w righteous|strong="H6663"\w*, <i>yet</i> will I not lift \w up|strong="H5375"\w* my \w head|strong="H7218"\w*. <i>I am</i> \w full|strong="H7649"\w* of \w confusion|strong="H7036"\w*; therefore \w see|strong="H7202"\w* thou mine \w affliction|strong="H6040"\w*;


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For it \w increaseth|strong="H1342"\w*. Thou \w huntest|strong="H6679"\w* me as a fierce \w lion|strong="H7826"\w*: and \w again|strong="H7725"\w* thou shewest thyself \w marvellous|strong="H6381"\w* upon me.


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Thou \w renewest|strong="H2318"\w* thy \w witnesses|strong="H5707"\w* against me, and \w increasest|strong="H7235"\w* thine \w indignation|strong="H3708"\w* upon \w me|strong="H5978"\w*; \w changes|strong="H2487"\w* and \w war|strong="H6635"\w* <i>are</i> against me.<n>witnesses: that is, plagues</n>


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Wherefore then hast thou brought me \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* out of the \w womb|strong="H7358"\w*? Oh that I had given up the \w ghost|strong="H1478"\w*, and no \w eye|strong="H5869"\w* had \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* me!


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I should have been as though I had not been; I should have been \w carried|strong="H2986"\w* from the \w womb|strong="H0990"\w* to the \w grave|strong="H6913"\w*.


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<i>Are</i> not my \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w few|strong="H4592"\w*? \w cease|strong="H2308"\w* <i>then, and</i> let me \w alone|strong="H7896"\w*, that I may take \w comfort|strong="H1082"\w* a \w little|strong="H4592"\w*,


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Before I \w go|strong="H3212"\w* <i>whence</i> I shall not \w return|strong="H7725"\w*, <i>even</i> to the \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w darkness|strong="H2822"\w* and the shadow of \w death|strong="H6757"\w*;


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A \w land|strong="H0776"\w* of \w darkness|strong="H5890"\w*, as \w darkness|strong="H0652"\w* <i>itself; and</i> of the shadow of \w death|strong="H6757"\w*, without any \w order|strong="H5468"\w*, and <i>where</i> the \w light|strong="H3313"\w* <i>is</i> as \w darkness|strong="H0652"\w*.<pb/>


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Then \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* \w Zophar|strong="H6691"\w* the \w Naamathite|strong="H5284"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*,


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Should not the \w multitude|strong="H7230"\w* of \w words|strong="H1697"\w* be \w answered|strong="H6030"\w*? and should a \w man|strong="H0376"\w* full of \w talk|strong="H8193"\w* be \w justified|strong="H6663"\w*?<n>full…: Heb. of lips</n>


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Should thy \w lies|strong="H0907"\w* \w make|strong="H2790"\w* \w men|strong="H4962"\w* hold their \w peace|strong="H2790"\w*? and when thou \w mockest|strong="H3932"\w*, shall no man make thee \w ashamed|strong="H3637"\w*?<n>lies: or, devices</n>


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For thou hast \w said|strong="H0559"\w*, My \w doctrine|strong="H3948"\w* <i>is</i> \w pure|strong="H2134"\w*, and I am \w clean|strong="H1249"\w* in thine \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*.


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\w But|strong="H0199"\w* oh \w that|strong="H5414"\w* \w God|strong="H0433"\w* would \w speak|strong="H1696"\w*, and \w open|strong="H6605"\w* his \w lips|strong="H8193"\w* against thee;


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And that he would \w shew|strong="H5046"\w* thee the \w secrets|strong="H8587"\w* of \w wisdom|strong="H2451"\w*, that <i>they are</i> \w double|strong="H3718"\w* to that which \w is|strong="H8454"\w*! \w Know|strong="H3045"\w* therefore that \w God|strong="H0433"\w* \w exacteth|strong="H5382"\w* of thee <i>less</i> than thine \w iniquity|strong="H5771"\w* <i>deserveth</i>.<pb/>


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Canst thou by \w searching|strong="H2714"\w* find \w out|strong="H4672"\w* \w God|strong="H0433"\w*? canst thou \w find|strong="H4672"\w* out the \w Almighty|strong="H7706"\w* unto \w perfection|strong="H8503"\w*?


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<i>It is</i> as \w high|strong="H1363"\w* as \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*; what canst thou \w do|strong="H6466"\w*? \w deeper|strong="H6013"\w* than \w hell|strong="H7585"\w*; what canst thou \w know|strong="H3045"\w*?<n>as high…: Heb. the heights of heaven</n>


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The \w measure|strong="H4055"\w* thereof <i>is</i> \w longer|strong="H0752"\w* than the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*, and \w broader|strong="H7342"\w* than the \w sea|strong="H3220"\w*.


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If he cut \w off|strong="H2498"\w*, and shut \w up|strong="H5462"\w*, or gather \w together|strong="H6950"\w*, then who can \w hinder|strong="H7725"\w* him?<n>cut…: or, make a change</n><n>hinder…: Heb. turn him away?</n>


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For he \w knoweth|strong="H3045"\w* \w vain|strong="H7723"\w* \w men|strong="H4962"\w*: he \w seeth|strong="H7200"\w* \w wickedness|strong="H0205"\w* also; will he not then \w consider|strong="H0995"\w* <i>it</i>?


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For \w vain|strong="H5014"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w* would be \w wise|strong="H3823"\w*, though \w man|strong="H0120"\w* be \w born|strong="H3205"\w* <i>like</i> a wild \w ass’s|strong="H6501"\w* \w colt|strong="H5895"\w*.<n>vain: Heb. empty</n><pb/>


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If thou \w prepare|strong="H3559"\w* thine \w heart|strong="H3820"\w*, and \w stretch|strong="H6566"\w* out thine \w hands|strong="H3709"\w* toward him;


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If \w iniquity|strong="H0205"\w* <i>be</i> in thine \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*, put it far \w away|strong="H7368"\w*, and let not \w wickedness|strong="H5766"\w* \w dwell|strong="H7931"\w* in thy \w tabernacles|strong="H0168"\w*.


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For then shalt thou lift \w up|strong="H5375"\w* thy \w face|strong="H6440"\w* without \w spot|strong="H3971"\w*; yea, thou shalt be \w stedfast|strong="H3332"\w*, and shalt not \w fear|strong="H3372"\w*:


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Because thou shalt \w forget|strong="H7911"\w* <i>thy</i> \w misery|strong="H5999"\w*, <i>and</i> \w remember|strong="H2142"\w* <i>it</i> as \w waters|strong="H4325"\w* <i>that</i> pass \w away|strong="H5674"\w*:


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And <i>thine</i> \w age|strong="H2465"\w* shall be \w clearer|strong="H6965"\w* than the \w noonday|strong="H6672"\w*; thou shalt shine \w forth|strong="H5774"\w*, thou shalt be as the \w morning|strong="H1242"\w*.<n>be clearer…: Heb. arise above</n>


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And thou shalt be \w secure|strong="H0982"\w*, because there \w is|strong="H3426"\w* \w hope|strong="H8615"\w*; yea, thou shalt \w dig|strong="H2658"\w* <i>about thee, and</i> thou shalt take thy \w rest|strong="H7901"\w* in \w safety|strong="H0983"\w*.


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Also thou shalt lie \w down|strong="H7257"\w*, and none shall make <i>thee</i> \w afraid|strong="H2729"\w*; yea, \w many|strong="H7227"\w* shall make \w suit|strong="H2470"\w* unto \w thee|strong="H6440"\w*.<n>make suit…: Heb. intreat thy face</n>


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But the \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* of the \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* shall \w fail|strong="H3615"\w*, and they shall not \w escape|strong="H0006"\w*, and their \w hope|strong="H8615"\w* <i>shall be as</i> the giving \w up|strong="H4646"\w* of the \w ghost|strong="H5315"\w*.<n>they shall…: Heb. flight shall perish from them</n><n>the giving…: or, a puff of breath</n><pb/>


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No \w doubt|strong="H0551"\w* but ye <i>are</i> the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, and \w wisdom|strong="H2451"\w* shall \w die|strong="H4191"\w* with you.


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\w But|strong="H1571"\w* I have \w understanding|strong="H3824"\w* as well as you; I <i>am</i> not \w inferior|strong="H5307"\w* to you: yea, who knoweth not such \w things|strong="H3644"\w* as these?<n>understanding: Heb. an heart</n><n>I am…: Heb. I fall not lower than you</n><n>who…: Heb. with whom are not such as these?</n>


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I am <i>as</i> one \w mocked|strong="H7814"\w* of his \w neighbour|strong="H7453"\w*, who \w calleth|strong="H7121"\w* upon \w God|strong="H0433"\w*, and he \w answereth|strong="H6030"\w* him: the \w just|strong="H6662"\w* \w upright|strong="H8549"\w* <i>man is</i> laughed to \w scorn|strong="H7814"\w*.


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He that is \w ready|strong="H3559"\w* to \w slip|strong="H4571"\w* with <i>his</i> \w feet|strong="H7272"\w* <i>is as</i> a \w lamp|strong="H3940"\w* \w despised|strong="H0937"\w* in the \w thought|strong="H6248"\w* of him that is at \w ease|strong="H7600"\w*.<pb/>


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The \w tabernacles|strong="H0168"\w* of \w robbers|strong="H7703"\w* \w prosper|strong="H7951"\w*, and they that \w provoke|strong="H7264"\w* \w God|strong="H0410"\w* are \w secure|strong="H0987"\w*; into whose \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w God|strong="H0433"\w* \w bringeth|strong="H0935"\w* <i>abundantly</i>.


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\w But|strong="H0199"\w* \w ask|strong="H7592"\w* now the \w beasts|strong="H0929"\w*, and they shall \w teach|strong="H3384"\w* thee; and the \w fowls|strong="H5775"\w* of the \w air|strong="H8064"\w*, and they shall \w tell|strong="H5046"\w* thee:


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Or \w speak|strong="H7878"\w* to the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*, and it shall \w teach|strong="H3384"\w* thee: and the \w fishes|strong="H1709"\w* of the \w sea|strong="H3220"\w* shall \w declare|strong="H5608"\w* unto thee.


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Who \w knoweth|strong="H3045"\w* not in all these that the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of the  \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w* hath \w wrought|strong="H6213"\w* this?


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In whose \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* <i>is</i> the \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* of every living \w thing|strong="H2416"\w*, and the \w breath|strong="H7307"\w* of all \w mankind|strong="H0376"\w*.<n>soul: or, life</n><n>all…: Heb. all flesh of man</n>


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Doth not the \w ear|strong="H0241"\w* \w try|strong="H0974"\w* \w words|strong="H4405"\w*? and the \w mouth|strong="H2441"\w* \w taste|strong="H2938"\w* his \w meat|strong="H0400"\w*?<n>mouth: Heb. palate</n><pb/>


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With the \w ancient|strong="H3453"\w* <i>is</i> \w wisdom|strong="H2451"\w*; and in \w length|strong="H0753"\w* of \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w understanding|strong="H8394"\w*.


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With him <i>is</i> \w wisdom|strong="H2451"\w* and \w strength|strong="H1369"\w*, he hath \w counsel|strong="H6098"\w* and \w understanding|strong="H8394"\w*.<n>With…: that is, With God</n>


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Behold, he breaketh \w down|strong="H2040"\w*, and it cannot be built \w again|strong="H1129"\w*: he shutteth \w up|strong="H5462"\w* a \w man|strong="H0376"\w*, and there can be no \w opening|strong="H6605"\w*.<n>up: Heb. upon</n>


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Behold, he \w withholdeth|strong="H6113"\w* the \w waters|strong="H4325"\w*, and they dry \w up|strong="H3001"\w*: also he sendeth them \w out|strong="H7971"\w*, and they \w overturn|strong="H2015"\w* the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*.


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With him <i>is</i> \w strength|strong="H5797"\w* and \w wisdom|strong="H8454"\w*: the \w deceived|strong="H7683"\w* and the \w deceiver|strong="H7686"\w* <i>are</i> his.


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He \w leadeth|strong="H3212"\w* \w counsellors|strong="H3289"\w* away \w spoiled|strong="H7758"\w*, and maketh the \w judges|strong="H8199"\w* \w fools|strong="H1984"\w*.


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He \w looseth|strong="H6605"\w* the \w bond|strong="H4148"\w* of \w kings|strong="H4428"\w*, and \w girdeth|strong="H0631"\w* their \w loins|strong="H4975"\w* with a \w girdle|strong="H0232"\w*.


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He \w leadeth|strong="H3212"\w* \w princes|strong="H3548"\w* away \w spoiled|strong="H7758"\w*, and \w overthroweth|strong="H5557"\w* the \w mighty|strong="H0386"\w*.


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He removeth \w away|strong="H5493"\w* the \w speech|strong="H8193"\w* of the \w trusty|strong="H0539"\w*, and taketh \w away|strong="H3947"\w* the \w understanding|strong="H2940"\w* of the \w aged|strong="H2205"\w*.<n>speech…: Heb. lip of the faithful</n>


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He \w poureth|strong="H8210"\w* \w contempt|strong="H0937"\w* upon \w princes|strong="H5081"\w*, and \w weakeneth|strong="H7503"\w* the \w strength|strong="H4206"\w* of the \w mighty|strong="H0650"\w*.<n>weakeneth…: or, looseth the girdle of the strong</n>


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He \w discovereth|strong="H1540"\w* deep \w things|strong="H6013"\w* out of \w darkness|strong="H2822"\w*, and bringeth \w out|strong="H3318"\w* to \w light|strong="H0216"\w* the shadow of \w death|strong="H6757"\w*.


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He \w increaseth|strong="H7679"\w* the \w nations|strong="H1471"\w*, and \w destroyeth|strong="H0006"\w* them: he \w enlargeth|strong="H7849"\w* the \w nations|strong="H1471"\w*, and \w straiteneth|strong="H5148"\w* them <i>again</i>.<n>straiteneth: Heb. leadeth in</n>


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He taketh \w away|strong="H5493"\w* the \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* of the \w chief|strong="H7218"\w* of the \w people|strong="H5971"\w* of the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*, and causeth them to \w wander|strong="H8582"\w* in a \w wilderness|strong="H8414"\w* <i>where there is</i> no \w way|strong="H1870"\w*.


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They \w grope|strong="H4959"\w* in the \w dark|strong="H2822"\w* without \w light|strong="H0216"\w*, and he maketh them to \w stagger|strong="H8582"\w* like <i>a</i> \w drunken|strong="H7910"\w* <i>man</i>.<n>stagger: Heb. wander</n><pb/>


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Lo, mine \w eye|strong="H5869"\w* hath \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* all <i>this</i>, mine \w ear|strong="H0241"\w* hath \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* and \w understood|strong="H0995"\w* it.


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What ye \w know|strong="H1847"\w*, <i>the same</i> do I \w know|strong="H3045"\w* also: I <i>am</i> not \w inferior|strong="H5307"\w* unto you.


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\w Surely|strong="H0199"\w* I would \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* to the \w Almighty|strong="H7706"\w*, and I \w desire|strong="H2654"\w* to \w reason|strong="H3198"\w* with \w God|strong="H0410"\w*.


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\w But|strong="H0199"\w* ye <i>are</i> \w forgers|strong="H2950"\w* of \w lies|strong="H8267"\w*, ye <i>are</i> all \w physicians|strong="H7495"\w* of no \w value|strong="H0457"\w*.


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O \w that|strong="H5414"\w* ye would \w altogether|strong="H2790"\w* hold your \w peace|strong="H2790"\w*! and it should be your \w wisdom|strong="H2451"\w*.


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\w Hear|strong="H8085"\w* now my \w reasoning|strong="H8433"\w*, and \w hearken|strong="H7181"\w* to the \w pleadings|strong="H7379"\w* of my \w lips|strong="H8193"\w*.


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Will ye \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* \w wickedly|strong="H5766"\w* for \w God|strong="H0410"\w*? and \w talk|strong="H1696"\w* \w deceitfully|strong="H7423"\w* for him?


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Will ye \w accept|strong="H5375"\w* his \w person|strong="H6440"\w*? will ye \w contend|strong="H7378"\w* for \w God|strong="H0410"\w*?


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Is it \w good|strong="H2895"\w* that he should search you \w out|strong="H2713"\w*? or as one \w man|strong="H0582"\w* \w mocketh|strong="H2048"\w* another, do ye <i>so</i> \w mock|strong="H2048"\w* him?


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He will \w surely|strong="H3198"\w* \w reprove|strong="H3198"\w* you, if ye do \w secretly|strong="H5643"\w* \w accept|strong="H5375"\w* \w persons|strong="H6440"\w*.


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Shall not his \w excellency|strong="H7613"\w* make you \w afraid|strong="H1204"\w*? and his \w dread|strong="H6343"\w* \w fall|strong="H5307"\w* upon you?


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Your \w remembrances|strong="H2146"\w* <i>are</i> \w like|strong="H4912"\w* unto \w ashes|strong="H0665"\w*, your \w bodies|strong="H1354"\w* to \w bodies|strong="H1354"\w* of \w clay|strong="H2563"\w*.<pb/>


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Hold your \w peace|strong="H2790"\w*, let me alone, that I may \w speak|strong="H1696"\w*, and let \w come|strong="H5674"\w* on me what <i>will</i>.<n>Hold…: Heb. Be silent from me</n>


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Wherefore do I \w take|strong="H5375"\w* my \w flesh|strong="H1320"\w* in my \w teeth|strong="H8127"\w*, and \w put|strong="H7760"\w* my \w life|strong="H5315"\w* in mine \w hand|strong="H3709"\w*?


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\w Though|strong="H2005"\w* he \w slay|strong="H6991"\w* me, yet will I \w trust|strong="H3176"\w* in him: but I will \w maintain|strong="H3198"\w* mine own \w ways|strong="H1870"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* him.<n>maintain: Heb. prove, or, argue</n>


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He also <i>shall be</i> my \w salvation|strong="H3444"\w*: for an \w hypocrite|strong="H2611"\w* shall not \w come|strong="H0935"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* him.


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\w Hear|strong="H8085"\w* \w diligently|strong="H8085"\w* my \w speech|strong="H4405"\w*, and my \w declaration|strong="H0262"\w* with your \w ears|strong="H0241"\w*.


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Behold now, I have \w ordered|strong="H6186"\w* <i>my</i> \w cause|strong="H4941"\w*; I \w know|strong="H3045"\w* that I shall be \w justified|strong="H6663"\w*.


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Who <i>is</i> he <i>that</i> will \w plead|strong="H7378"\w* with me? for now, if I hold my \w tongue|strong="H2790"\w*, I shall give up the \w ghost|strong="H1478"\w*.


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Only \w do|strong="H6213"\w* not \w two|strong="H8147"\w* <i>things</i> unto me: then will I not \w hide|strong="H5641"\w* myself from \w thee|strong="H6440"\w*.


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\w Withdraw|strong="H7368"\w* thine \w hand|strong="H3709"\w* \w far|strong="H7368"\w* from me: and let not thy \w dread|strong="H0367"\w* make me \w afraid|strong="H1204"\w*.


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Then \w call|strong="H7121"\w* thou, and I will \w answer|strong="H6030"\w*: or let me \w speak|strong="H1696"\w*, and \w answer|strong="H7725"\w* thou me.<pb/>


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How many <i>are</i> mine \w iniquities|strong="H5771"\w* and \w sins|strong="H2403"\w*? make me to \w know|strong="H3045"\w* my \w transgression|strong="H6588"\w* and my \w sin|strong="H2403"\w*.


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Wherefore \w hidest|strong="H5641"\w* thou thy \w face|strong="H6440"\w*, and \w holdest|strong="H2803"\w* me for thine \w enemy|strong="H0341"\w*?


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Wilt thou \w break|strong="H6206"\w* a \w leaf|strong="H5929"\w* driven to and \w fro|strong="H5086"\w*? and wilt thou \w pursue|strong="H7291"\w* the \w dry|strong="H3002"\w* \w stubble|strong="H7179"\w*?


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For thou \w writest|strong="H3789"\w* bitter \w things|strong="H4846"\w* against me, and makest me to \w possess|strong="H3423"\w* the \w iniquities|strong="H5771"\w* of my \w youth|strong="H5271"\w*.


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Thou \w puttest|strong="H7760"\w* my \w feet|strong="H7272"\w* also in the \w stocks|strong="H5465"\w*, and lookest \w narrowly|strong="H8104"\w* unto all my \w paths|strong="H0734"\w*; thou settest a \w print|strong="H2707"\w* upon the \w heels|strong="H8328"\w* of my \w feet|strong="H7272"\w*.<n>lookest…: Heb. observest</n><n>heels: Heb. roots</n>


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And he, as a rotten \w thing|strong="H7538"\w*, \w consumeth|strong="H1086"\w*, as a \w garment|strong="H0899"\w* that is \w moth|strong="H6211"\w* \w eaten|strong="H0398"\w*.<pb/>


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\w Man|strong="H0120"\w* <i>that is</i> \w born|strong="H3205"\w* of a \w woman|strong="H0802"\w* <i>is</i> of \w few|strong="H7116"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w*, and \w full|strong="H7649"\w* of \w trouble|strong="H7267"\w*.<n>few…: Heb. short of days</n>


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He cometh \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* like a \w flower|strong="H6731"\w*, and is cut \w down|strong="H5243"\w*: he \w fleeth|strong="H1272"\w* also as a \w shadow|strong="H6738"\w*, and \w continueth|strong="H5975"\w* not.


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And dost thou \w open|strong="H6491"\w* thine \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* upon such an \w one|strong="H2088"\w*, and \w bringest|strong="H0935"\w* me into \w judgment|strong="H4941"\w* with thee?


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Who can \w bring|strong="H5414"\w* a \w clean|strong="H2889"\w* <i>thing</i> out of an \w unclean|strong="H2931"\w*? not \w one|strong="H0259"\w*.<n>can…: Heb. will give</n>


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\w Seeing|strong="H0518"\w* his \w days|strong="H3117"\w* <i>are</i> \w determined|strong="H2782"\w*, the \w number|strong="H4557"\w* of his \w months|strong="H2320"\w* <i>are</i> with thee, thou hast \w appointed|strong="H6213"\w* his \w bounds|strong="H2706"\w* that he cannot \w pass|strong="H5674"\w*;


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\w Turn|strong="H8159"\w* from him, that he may \w rest|strong="H2308"\w*, till he shall \w accomplish|strong="H7521"\w*, as an \w hireling|strong="H7916"\w*, his \w day|strong="H3117"\w*.<n>rest: Heb. cease</n><pb/>


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For there \w is|strong="H3426"\w* \w hope|strong="H8615"\w* of a \w tree|strong="H6086"\w*, if it be cut \w down|strong="H3772"\w*, that it will sprout \w again|strong="H2498"\w*, and that the tender \w branch|strong="H3127"\w* thereof will not \w cease|strong="H2308"\w*.


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Though the \w root|strong="H8328"\w* thereof wax \w old|strong="H2204"\w* in the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*, and the \w stock|strong="H1503"\w* thereof \w die|strong="H4191"\w* in the \w ground|strong="H6083"\w*;


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<i>Yet</i> through the \w scent|strong="H7381"\w* of \w water|strong="H4325"\w* it will \w bud|strong="H6524"\w*, and bring \w forth|strong="H6213"\w* \w boughs|strong="H7105"\w* like a \w plant|strong="H5194"\w*.


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But \w man|strong="H1397"\w* \w dieth|strong="H4191"\w*, and wasteth \w away|strong="H2522"\w*: yea, \w man|strong="H0120"\w* giveth up the \w ghost|strong="H1478"\w*, and where <i>is</i> he?<n>wasteth…: Heb. is weakened, or, cut off</n>


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<i>As</i> the \w waters|strong="H4325"\w* \w fail|strong="H0235"\w* from the \w sea|strong="H3220"\w*, and the \w flood|strong="H5104"\w* \w decayeth|strong="H2717"\w* and drieth \w up|strong="H3001"\w*:


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So \w man|strong="H0376"\w* lieth \w down|strong="H7901"\w*, and \w riseth|strong="H6965"\w* not: till the \w heavens|strong="H8064"\w* <i>be</i> no \w more|strong="H1115"\w*, they shall not \w awake|strong="H6974"\w*, nor be raised \w out|strong="H5782"\w* of their \w sleep|strong="H8142"\w*.


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O \w that|strong="H5414"\w* thou wouldest \w hide|strong="H6845"\w* me in the \w grave|strong="H7585"\w*, that thou wouldest keep me \w secret|strong="H5641"\w*, until thy \w wrath|strong="H0639"\w* be \w past|strong="H7725"\w*, that thou wouldest \w appoint|strong="H7896"\w* me a set \w time|strong="H2706"\w*, and \w remember|strong="H2142"\w* me!


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If a \w man|strong="H1397"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w*, shall he \w live|strong="H2421"\w* <i>again</i>? all the \w days|strong="H3117"\w* of my appointed \w time|strong="H6635"\w* will I \w wait|strong="H3176"\w*, till my \w change|strong="H2487"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w*.


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Thou shalt \w call|strong="H7121"\w*, and I will \w answer|strong="H6030"\w* thee: thou wilt have a \w desire|strong="H3700"\w* to the \w work|strong="H4639"\w* of thine \w hands|strong="H3027"\w*.<pb/>


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For now thou \w numberest|strong="H5608"\w* my \w steps|strong="H6806"\w*: dost thou not \w watch|strong="H8104"\w* over my \w sin|strong="H2403"\w*?


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My \w transgression|strong="H6588"\w* <i>is</i> sealed \w up|strong="H2856"\w* in a \w bag|strong="H6872"\w*, and thou sewest \w up|strong="H2950"\w* mine \w iniquity|strong="H5771"\w*.


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And \w surely|strong="H0199"\w* the \w mountain|strong="H2022"\w* \w falling|strong="H5307"\w* cometh to \w nought|strong="H5034"\w*, and the \w rock|strong="H6697"\w* is \w removed|strong="H6275"\w* out of his \w place|strong="H4725"\w*.<n>cometh…: Heb. fadeth</n>


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The \w waters|strong="H4325"\w* \w wear|strong="H7833"\w* the \w stones|strong="H0068"\w*: thou washest \w away|strong="H7857"\w* the things which \w grow|strong="H5599"\w* <i>out</i> of the \w dust|strong="H6083"\w* of the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*; and thou \w destroyest|strong="H0006"\w* the \w hope|strong="H8615"\w* of \w man|strong="H0582"\w*.<n>washest…: Heb. overflowest</n>


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Thou \w prevailest|strong="H8630"\w* for \w ever|strong="H5331"\w* against him, and he \w passeth|strong="H1980"\w*: thou \w changest|strong="H8138"\w* his \w countenance|strong="H6440"\w*, and sendest him \w away|strong="H7971"\w*.


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His \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* come to \w honour|strong="H3513"\w*, and he \w knoweth|strong="H3045"\w* <i>it</i> not; and they are brought \w low|strong="H6819"\w*, but he \w perceiveth|strong="H0995"\w* <i>it</i> not of them.


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But his \w flesh|strong="H1320"\w* upon him shall have \w pain|strong="H3510"\w*, and his \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* within him shall \w mourn|strong="H0056"\w*.<pb/>


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Then \w answered|strong="H6030"\w* \w Eliphaz|strong="H0464"\w* the \w Temanite|strong="H8489"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*,


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Should a wise \w man|strong="H2450"\w* \w utter|strong="H6030"\w* \w vain|strong="H7307"\w* \w knowledge|strong="H1847"\w*, and \w fill|strong="H4390"\w* his \w belly|strong="H0990"\w* with the east \w wind|strong="H6921"\w*?<n>vain…: Heb. knowledge of wind</n>


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Should he \w reason|strong="H3198"\w* with \w unprofitable|strong="H5532"\w* \w talk|strong="H1697"\w*? or with \w speeches|strong="H4405"\w* wherewith he can do no \w good|strong="H3276"\w*?


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Yea, thou castest \w off|strong="H6565"\w* \w fear|strong="H3374"\w*, and \w restrainest|strong="H1639"\w* \w prayer|strong="H7881"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w God|strong="H0410"\w*.<n>castest…: Heb. makest void</n><n>prayer: or, speech</n>


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For thy \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w* \w uttereth|strong="H0502"\w* thine \w iniquity|strong="H5771"\w*, and thou \w choosest|strong="H0977"\w* the \w tongue|strong="H3956"\w* of the \w crafty|strong="H6175"\w*.<n>uttereth: Heb. teacheth</n>


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Thine own \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w* \w condemneth|strong="H7561"\w* thee, and not I: yea, thine own \w lips|strong="H8193"\w* \w testify|strong="H6030"\w* against thee.


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<i>Art</i> thou the \w first|strong="H7223"\w* \w man|strong="H0120"\w* <i>that</i> was \w born|strong="H3205"\w*? or wast thou \w made|strong="H2342"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \w hills|strong="H1389"\w*?


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Hast thou \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* the \w secret|strong="H5475"\w* of \w God|strong="H0433"\w*? and dost thou \w restrain|strong="H1639"\w* \w wisdom|strong="H2451"\w* to thyself?


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What \w knowest|strong="H3045"\w* thou, that we \w know|strong="H3045"\w* not? <i>what</i> \w understandest|strong="H0995"\w* thou, which <i>is</i> not in us?


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With us <i>are</i> both the \w grayheaded|strong="H7867"\w* and very \w aged|strong="H3453"\w* men, \w much|strong="H3524"\w* \w elder|strong="H3117"\w* than thy \w father|strong="H0001"\w*.


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<i>Are</i> the \w consolations|strong="H8575"\w* of \w God|strong="H0410"\w* \w small|strong="H4592"\w* with thee? is there any \w secret|strong="H0328"\w* \w thing|strong="H1697"\w* with thee?


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Why doth thine \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* carry thee \w away|strong="H3947"\w*? and what do thy \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* wink \w at|strong="H7335"\w*,


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That thou \w turnest|strong="H7725"\w* thy \w spirit|strong="H7307"\w* against \w God|strong="H0410"\w*, and lettest <i>such</i> \w words|strong="H4405"\w* go \w out|strong="H3318"\w* of thy \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w*?


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What <i>is</i> \w man|strong="H0582"\w*, that he should be \w clean|strong="H2135"\w*? and <i>he which is</i> \w born|strong="H3205"\w* of a \w woman|strong="H0802"\w*, that he should be \w righteous|strong="H6663"\w*?


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Behold, he putteth no \w trust|strong="H0539"\w* in his \w saints|strong="H6918"\w*; yea, the \w heavens|strong="H8064"\w* are not \w clean|strong="H2141"\w* in his \w sight|strong="H5869"\w*.


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How much more \w abominable|strong="H8581"\w* and \w filthy|strong="H0444"\w* <i>is</i> \w man|strong="H0376"\w*, which \w drinketh|strong="H8354"\w* \w iniquity|strong="H5766"\w* like \w water|strong="H4325"\w*?<pb/>


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I will \w shew|strong="H2331"\w* thee, \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* me; and that <i>which</i> I have \w seen|strong="H2372"\w* I will \w declare|strong="H5608"\w*;


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Which \w wise|strong="H2450"\w* men have \w told|strong="H5046"\w* from their \w fathers|strong="H0001"\w*, and have not \w hid|strong="H3582"\w* <i>it:</i>


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Unto whom alone the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w* was \w given|strong="H5414"\w*, and no \w stranger|strong="H2114"\w* \w passed|strong="H5674"\w* \w among|strong="H8432"\w* them.


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The \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* man \w travaileth|strong="H2342"\w* with pain all <i>his</i> \w days|strong="H3117"\w*, and the \w number|strong="H4557"\w* of \w years|strong="H8141"\w* is \w hidden|strong="H6845"\w* to the \w oppressor|strong="H6184"\w*.


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A \w dreadful|strong="H6343"\w* \w sound|strong="H6963"\w* <i>is</i> in his \w ears|strong="H0241"\w*: in \w prosperity|strong="H7965"\w* the \w destroyer|strong="H7703"\w* shall \w come|strong="H0935"\w* upon him.<n>A dreadful…: Heb. A sound of fears</n>


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He \w believeth|strong="H0539"\w* not that he shall \w return|strong="H7725"\w* out of \w darkness|strong="H2822"\w*, and he is \w waited|strong="H6822"\w* for of the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*.


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He wandereth \w abroad|strong="H5074"\w* for \w bread|strong="H3899"\w*, <i>saying</i>, Where <i>is it</i>? he \w knoweth|strong="H3045"\w* that the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* of \w darkness|strong="H2822"\w* is \w ready|strong="H3559"\w* at his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*.


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\w Trouble|strong="H6862"\w* and \w anguish|strong="H4691"\w* shall make him \w afraid|strong="H1204"\w*; they shall \w prevail|strong="H8630"\w* against him, as a \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w ready|strong="H6264"\w* to the \w battle|strong="H3593"\w*.


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For he stretcheth \w out|strong="H5186"\w* his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* against \w God|strong="H0410"\w*, and \w strengtheneth|strong="H1396"\w* himself against the \w Almighty|strong="H7706"\w*.


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He \w runneth|strong="H7323"\w* upon him, <i>even</i> on <i>his</i> \w neck|strong="H6677"\w*, upon the \w thick|strong="H5672"\w* \w bosses|strong="H1354"\w* of his \w bucklers|strong="H4043"\w*:


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Because he \w covereth|strong="H3680"\w* his \w face|strong="H6440"\w* with his \w fatness|strong="H2459"\w*, and \w maketh|strong="H6213"\w* collops of \w fat|strong="H6371"\w* on <i>his</i> \w flanks|strong="H3689"\w*.


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And he \w dwelleth|strong="H7931"\w* in \w desolate|strong="H3582"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w*, <i>and</i> in \w houses|strong="H1004"\w* which no man \w inhabiteth|strong="H3427"\w*, which are \w ready|strong="H6257"\w* to become \w heaps|strong="H1530"\w*.


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He shall not be \w rich|strong="H6238"\w*, neither shall his \w substance|strong="H2428"\w* \w continue|strong="H6965"\w*, neither shall he \w prolong|strong="H5186"\w* the \w perfection|strong="H4512"\w* thereof upon the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*.


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He shall not \w depart|strong="H5493"\w* out of \w darkness|strong="H2822"\w*; the \w flame|strong="H7957"\w* shall dry \w up|strong="H3001"\w* his \w branches|strong="H3127"\w*, and by the \w breath|strong="H7307"\w* of his \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w* shall he go \w away|strong="H5493"\w*.


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Let not him that is \w deceived|strong="H8582"\w* \w trust|strong="H0539"\w* in \w vanity|strong="H7723"\w*: for \w vanity|strong="H7723"\w* shall be his \w recompence|strong="H8545"\w*.


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It shall be \w accomplished|strong="H4390"\w* \w before|strong="H3808"\w* his \w time|strong="H3117"\w*, and his \w branch|strong="H3712"\w* shall not be \w green|strong="H7488"\w*.<n>accomplished: or, cut off</n>


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He shall shake \w off|strong="H2554"\w* his unripe \w grape|strong="H1154"\w* as the \w vine|strong="H1612"\w*, and shall cast \w off|strong="H7993"\w* his \w flower|strong="H5328"\w* as the \w olive|strong="H2132"\w*.


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For the \w congregation|strong="H5712"\w* of \w hypocrites|strong="H2611"\w* <i>shall be</i> \w desolate|strong="H1565"\w*, and \w fire|strong="H0784"\w* shall \w consume|strong="H0398"\w* the \w tabernacles|strong="H0168"\w* of \w bribery|strong="H7810"\w*.


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They \w conceive|strong="H2029"\w* \w mischief|strong="H5999"\w*, and bring \w forth|strong="H3205"\w* \w vanity|strong="H0205"\w*, and their \w belly|strong="H0990"\w* \w prepareth|strong="H3559"\w* \w deceit|strong="H4820"\w*.<n>vanity: or, iniquity</n><pb/>


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I have \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* many such \w things|strong="H7227"\w*: \w miserable|strong="H5999"\w* \w comforters|strong="H5162"\w* <i>are</i> ye all.<n>miserable: or, troublesome</n>


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Shall \w vain|strong="H7307"\w* \w words|strong="H1697"\w* have an \w end|strong="H7093"\w*? or what \w emboldeneth|strong="H4834"\w* thee that thou \w answerest|strong="H6030"\w*?<n>vain…: Heb. words of wind</n>


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I also could \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* as ye <i>do:</i> \w if|strong="H3863"\w* your \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* \w were|strong="H3426"\w* in my \w soul’s|strong="H5315"\w* stead, I could heap \w up|strong="H2266"\w* \w words|strong="H4405"\w* against you, and \w shake|strong="H5128"\w* mine \w head|strong="H7218"\w* \w at|strong="H1119"\w* you.


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<i>But</i> I would \w strengthen|strong="H0553"\w* you \w with|strong="H1119"\w* my \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w*, and the \w moving|strong="H5205"\w* of my \w lips|strong="H8193"\w* should \w asswage|strong="H2820"\w* <i>your grief</i>.<pb/>


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Though I \w speak|strong="H1696"\w*, my \w grief|strong="H3511"\w* is not \w asswaged|strong="H2820"\w*: and <i>though</i> I \w forbear|strong="H2308"\w*, what am I \w eased|strong="H1980"\w*?<n>what…: Heb. what goeth from me?</n>


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But now he hath made me \w weary|strong="H3811"\w*: thou hast made \w desolate|strong="H8074"\w* all my \w company|strong="H5712"\w*.


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And thou hast filled me with \w wrinkles|strong="H7059"\w*, <i>which</i> is a \w witness|strong="H5707"\w* <i>against me:</i> and my \w leanness|strong="H3585"\w* rising \w up|strong="H6965"\w* in me beareth \w witness|strong="H6030"\w* to my \w face|strong="H6440"\w*.


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He \w teareth|strong="H2963"\w* <i>me</i> in his \w wrath|strong="H0639"\w*, who \w hateth|strong="H7852"\w* me: he \w gnasheth|strong="H2786"\w* upon me with his \w teeth|strong="H8127"\w*; mine \w enemy|strong="H6862"\w* \w sharpeneth|strong="H3913"\w* his \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* upon me.


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They have \w gaped|strong="H6473"\w* upon me with their \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w*; they have \w smitten|strong="H5221"\w* me upon the \w cheek|strong="H3895"\w* \w reproachfully|strong="H2781"\w*; they have \w gathered|strong="H4390"\w* themselves \w together|strong="H3162"\w* against me.


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\w God|strong="H0410"\w* hath \w delivered|strong="H5462"\w* me to the \w ungodly|strong="H5760"\w*, and turned me \w over|strong="H3399"\w* into the \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* of the \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w*.<n>hath…: Heb. hath shut me up</n>


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I was at \w ease|strong="H7961"\w*, but he hath broken me \w asunder|strong="H6565"\w*: he hath also \w taken|strong="H0270"\w* <i>me</i> by my \w neck|strong="H6203"\w*, and shaken me to \w pieces|strong="H6327"\w*, and set me \w up|strong="H6965"\w* for his \w mark|strong="H4307"\w*.


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His \w archers|strong="H7228"\w* compass me round \w about|strong="H5437"\w*, he \w cleaveth|strong="H6398"\w* my \w reins|strong="H3629"\w* \w asunder|strong="H6398"\w*, and doth not \w spare|strong="H2550"\w*; he poureth \w out|strong="H8210"\w* my \w gall|strong="H4845"\w* upon the \w ground|strong="H0776"\w*.


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He \w breaketh|strong="H6555"\w* me with \w breach|strong="H6556"\w* \w upon|strong="H6440"\w* \w breach|strong="H6556"\w*, he \w runneth|strong="H7323"\w* upon me like a \w giant|strong="H1368"\w*.


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I have \w sewed|strong="H8609"\w* \w sackcloth|strong="H8242"\w* upon my \w skin|strong="H1539"\w*, and \w defiled|strong="H5953"\w* my \w horn|strong="H7161"\w* in the \w dust|strong="H6083"\w*.


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My \w face|strong="H6440"\w* is \w foul|strong="H2560"\w* with \w weeping|strong="H1065"\w*, and on my \w eyelids|strong="H6079"\w* <i>is</i> the shadow of \w death|strong="H6757"\w*;<pb/>


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Not for <i>any</i> \w injustice|strong="H2555"\w* in mine \w hands|strong="H3709"\w*: also my \w prayer|strong="H8605"\w* <i>is</i> \w pure|strong="H2134"\w*.


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O \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*, \w cover|strong="H3680"\w* not thou my \w blood|strong="H1818"\w*, and let my \w cry|strong="H2201"\w* have no \w place|strong="H4725"\w*.


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Also now, behold, my \w witness|strong="H5707"\w* <i>is</i> in \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*, and my \w record|strong="H7717"\w* <i>is</i> on \w high|strong="H4791"\w*.<n>on high: Heb. in the high places</n>


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My \w friends|strong="H7453"\w* \w scorn|strong="H3887"\w* me: <i>but</i> mine \w eye|strong="H5869"\w* poureth \w out|strong="H1811"\w* <i>tears</i> unto \w God|strong="H0433"\w*.<n>scorn me: Heb. are my scorners</n>


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O that one might \w plead|strong="H3198"\w* for a \w man|strong="H1397"\w* with \w God|strong="H0433"\w*, as a \w man|strong="H0120"\w* <i>pleadeth</i> for his \w neighbour|strong="H1121"\w*!<n>neighbour: or, friend</n>


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When a \w few|strong="H4557"\w* \w years|strong="H8141"\w* are \w come|strong="H0857"\w*, then I shall \w go|strong="H1980"\w* the \w way|strong="H0734"\w* <i>whence</i> I shall not \w return|strong="H7725"\w*.<n>a few…: Heb. years of number</n><pb/>


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My \w breath|strong="H7307"\w* is \w corrupt|strong="H2254"\w*, my \w days|strong="H3117"\w* are \w extinct|strong="H2193"\w*, the \w graves|strong="H6913"\w* <i>are ready</i> for me.<n>breath…: or, spirit is spent</n>


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<i>Are there</i> not \w mockers|strong="H2049"\w* with me? and doth not mine \w eye|strong="H5869"\w* \w continue|strong="H3885"\w* in their \w provocation|strong="H4784"\w*?<n>continue: Heb. lodge</n>


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Lay \w down|strong="H7760"\w* now, put me in a \w surety|strong="H6148"\w* with thee; who <i>is</i> he <i>that</i> will \w strike|strong="H8628"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* with me?


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For thou hast \w hid|strong="H6845"\w* their \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* from \w understanding|strong="H7922"\w*: therefore shalt thou not \w exalt|strong="H7311"\w* <i>them</i>.


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He that \w speaketh|strong="H5046"\w* \w flattery|strong="H2506"\w* to <i>his</i> \w friends|strong="H7453"\w*, even the \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* of his \w children|strong="H1121"\w* shall \w fail|strong="H3615"\w*.


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He hath \w made|strong="H3322"\w* me also a \w byword|strong="H4914"\w* of the \w people|strong="H5971"\w*; and \w aforetime|strong="H6440"\w* I was as a \w tabret|strong="H8611"\w*.<n>aforetime: or, before them</n>


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Mine \w eye|strong="H5869"\w* also is \w dim|strong="H3543"\w* by reason of \w sorrow|strong="H3708"\w*, and all my \w members|strong="H3338"\w* <i>are</i> as a \w shadow|strong="H6738"\w*.<n>my members: or, my thoughts</n>


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\w Upright|strong="H3477"\w* <i>men</i> shall be \w astonied|strong="H8074"\w* at this, and the \w innocent|strong="H5355"\w* shall stir \w up|strong="H5782"\w* himself against the \w hypocrite|strong="H2611"\w*.


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The \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w* also shall \w hold|strong="H0270"\w* on his \w way|strong="H1870"\w*, and he that hath \w clean|strong="H2890"\w* \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* shall \w be|strong="H3254"\w* stronger and \w stronger|strong="H0555"\w*.<n>be…: Heb. add strength</n><pb/>


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\w But|strong="H0199"\w* as for you all, do ye \w return|strong="H7725"\w*, and come \w now|strong="H0935"\w*: for I cannot \w find|strong="H4672"\w* <i>one</i> \w wise|strong="H2450"\w* <i>man</i> among you.


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My \w days|strong="H3117"\w* are \w past|strong="H5674"\w*, my \w purposes|strong="H2154"\w* are broken \w off|strong="H5423"\w*, <i>even</i> the \w thoughts|strong="H4180"\w* of my \w heart|strong="H3824"\w*.<n>the thoughts: Heb. the possessions</n>


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They \w change|strong="H7760"\w* the \w night|strong="H3915"\w* into \w day|strong="H3117"\w*: the \w light|strong="H0216"\w* <i>is</i> \w short|strong="H7138"\w* \w because|strong="H6440"\w* of \w darkness|strong="H2822"\w*.<n>short: Heb. near</n>


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If I \w wait|strong="H6960"\w*, the \w grave|strong="H7585"\w* <i>is</i> mine \w house|strong="H1004"\w*: I have \w made|strong="H7502"\w* my \w bed|strong="H3326"\w* in the \w darkness|strong="H2822"\w*.


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I have \w said|strong="H7121"\w* to \w corruption|strong="H7845"\w*, Thou <i>art</i> my \w father|strong="H0001"\w*: to the \w worm|strong="H7415"\w*, <i>Thou art</i> my \w mother|strong="H0517"\w*, and my \w sister|strong="H0269"\w*.<n>said: Heb. cried, or, called</n>


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And where <i>is</i> \w now|strong="H0645"\w* my \w hope|strong="H8615"\w*? as for my \w hope|strong="H8615"\w*, who shall \w see|strong="H7789"\w* it?


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They shall go \w down|strong="H3381"\w* to the \w bars|strong="H0905"\w* of the \w pit|strong="H7585"\w*, when <i>our</i> \w rest|strong="H5183"\w* \w together|strong="H3162"\w* <i>is</i> in the \w dust|strong="H6083"\w*.<pb/>


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How \w long|strong="H5704"\w* <i>will it be ere</i> ye \w make|strong="H7760"\w* an \w end|strong="H7078"\w* of \w words|strong="H4405"\w*? \w mark|strong="H0995"\w*, and \w afterwards|strong="H0310"\w* we will \w speak|strong="H1696"\w*.


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Wherefore are we \w counted|strong="H2803"\w* as \w beasts|strong="H0929"\w*, <i>and</i> reputed \w vile|strong="H2933"\w* in your \w sight|strong="H5869"\w*?


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He \w teareth|strong="H2963"\w* \w himself|strong="H5315"\w* in his \w anger|strong="H0639"\w*: shall the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w* be \w forsaken|strong="H5800"\w* for thee? and shall the \w rock|strong="H6697"\w* be \w removed|strong="H6275"\w* out of his \w place|strong="H4725"\w*?<n>himself: Heb. his soul</n><pb/>


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Yea, the \w light|strong="H0216"\w* of the \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* shall be put \w out|strong="H1846"\w*, and the \w spark|strong="H7632"\w* of his \w fire|strong="H0784"\w* shall not \w shine|strong="H5050"\w*.


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The \w light|strong="H0216"\w* shall be \w dark|strong="H2821"\w* in his \w tabernacle|strong="H0168"\w*, and his \w candle|strong="H5216"\w* shall be put \w out|strong="H1846"\w* with him.<n>candle: or, lamp</n>


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The \w steps|strong="H6806"\w* of his \w strength|strong="H0202"\w* shall be \w straitened|strong="H3334"\w*, and his own \w counsel|strong="H6098"\w* shall cast him \w down|strong="H7993"\w*.


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For he is \w cast|strong="H7971"\w* into a \w net|strong="H7568"\w* by his own \w feet|strong="H7272"\w*, and he \w walketh|strong="H1980"\w* upon a \w snare|strong="H7639"\w*.


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The \w gin|strong="H6341"\w* shall \w take|strong="H0270"\w* <i>him</i> by the \w heel|strong="H6119"\w*, <i>and</i> the \w robber|strong="H6782"\w* shall \w prevail|strong="H2388"\w* against him.


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The \w snare|strong="H2256"\w* <i>is</i> \w laid|strong="H2934"\w* for him in the \w ground|strong="H0776"\w*, and a \w trap|strong="H4434"\w* for him in the \w way|strong="H5410"\w*.<n>laid: Heb. hidden</n><pb/>


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\w Terrors|strong="H1091"\w* shall make him \w afraid|strong="H1204"\w* on every \w side|strong="H5439"\w*, and shall \w drive|strong="H6327"\w* him to his \w feet|strong="H7272"\w*.<n>drive: Heb. scatter</n>


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His \w strength|strong="H0202"\w* shall be \w hungerbitten|strong="H7457"\w*, and \w destruction|strong="H0343"\w* <i>shall be</i> \w ready|strong="H3559"\w* at his \w side|strong="H6763"\w*.


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It shall \w devour|strong="H0398"\w* the \w strength|strong="H0905"\w* of his \w skin|strong="H5785"\w*: <i>even</i> the \w firstborn|strong="H1060"\w* of \w death|strong="H4194"\w* shall \w devour|strong="H0398"\w* his \w strength|strong="H0905"\w*.<n>strength: Heb. bars</n>


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His \w confidence|strong="H4009"\w* shall be rooted \w out|strong="H5423"\w* of his \w tabernacle|strong="H0168"\w*, and it shall \w bring|strong="H6805"\w* him to the \w king|strong="H4428"\w* of \w terrors|strong="H1091"\w*.


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It shall \w dwell|strong="H7931"\w* in his \w tabernacle|strong="H0168"\w*, because <i>it is</i> \w none|strong="H1097"\w* of his: \w brimstone|strong="H1614"\w* shall be \w scattered|strong="H2219"\w* upon his \w habitation|strong="H5116"\w*.


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His \w roots|strong="H8328"\w* shall be dried \w up|strong="H3001"\w* beneath, and \w above|strong="H4605"\w* shall his \w branch|strong="H7105"\w* be cut \w off|strong="H5243"\w*.


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His \w remembrance|strong="H2143"\w* shall \w perish|strong="H0006"\w* from the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*, and he shall have no \w name|strong="H8034"\w* in the \w street|strong="H6440"\w*.


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He shall be \w driven|strong="H1920"\w* from \w light|strong="H0216"\w* into \w darkness|strong="H2822"\w*, and \w chased|strong="H5074"\w* out of the \w world|strong="H8398"\w*.<n>He…: Heb. They shall drive him</n>


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He shall neither have \w son|strong="H5209"\w* nor \w nephew|strong="H5220"\w* among his \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, nor any \w remaining|strong="H8300"\w* in his \w dwellings|strong="H4033"\w*.


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They that come \w after|strong="H0314"\w* <i>him</i> shall be \w astonied|strong="H8074"\w* at his \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, as they that went \w before|strong="H6931"\w* were \w affrighted|strong="H0270"\w*.<n>went…: or, lived with him</n><n>were…: Heb. laid hold on horror</n>


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Surely such <i>are</i> the \w dwellings|strong="H4908"\w* of the \w wicked|strong="H5767"\w*, and this <i>is</i> the \w place|strong="H4725"\w* <i>of him that</i> \w knoweth|strong="H3045"\w* not \w God|strong="H0410"\w*.<pb/>


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How long will ye \w vex|strong="H3013"\w* my \w soul|strong="H5315"\w*, and \w break|strong="H1792"\w* me in pieces with \w words|strong="H4405"\w*?


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These \w ten|strong="H6235"\w* \w times|strong="H6471"\w* have ye \w reproached|strong="H3637"\w* me: ye are not \w ashamed|strong="H0954"\w* <i>that</i> ye make yourselves \w strange|strong="H1970"\w* to me.<n>make…: or, harden yourselves against me</n>


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And be it \w indeed|strong="H0551"\w* <i>that</i> I have \w erred|strong="H7686"\w*, mine \w error|strong="H4879"\w* \w remaineth|strong="H3885"\w* with myself.


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If \w indeed|strong="H0551"\w* ye will \w magnify|strong="H1431"\w* <i>yourselves</i> against me, and \w plead|strong="H3198"\w* against me my \w reproach|strong="H2781"\w*:


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\w Know|strong="H3045"\w* \w now|strong="H0645"\w* that \w God|strong="H0433"\w* hath \w overthrown|strong="H5791"\w* me, and hath \w compassed|strong="H5362"\w* me with his \w net|strong="H4686"\w*.


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Behold, I cry \w out|strong="H6817"\w* of \w wrong|strong="H2555"\w*, but I am not \w heard|strong="H6030"\w*: I cry \w aloud|strong="H7768"\w*, but <i>there is</i> no \w judgment|strong="H4941"\w*.<n>wrong: or, violence</n><pb/>


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He hath fenced \w up|strong="H1443"\w* my \w way|strong="H0734"\w* that I cannot \w pass|strong="H5674"\w*, and he hath \w set|strong="H7760"\w* \w darkness|strong="H2822"\w* in my \w paths|strong="H5410"\w*.


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He hath \w stripped|strong="H6584"\w* me of my \w glory|strong="H3519"\w*, and \w taken|strong="H5493"\w* the \w crown|strong="H5850"\w* <i>from</i> my \w head|strong="H7218"\w*.


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He hath \w destroyed|strong="H5422"\w* me on every \w side|strong="H5439"\w*, and I am \w gone|strong="H3212"\w*: and mine \w hope|strong="H8615"\w* hath he \w removed|strong="H5265"\w* like a \w tree|strong="H6086"\w*.


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He hath also \w kindled|strong="H2734"\w* his \w wrath|strong="H0639"\w* against me, and he \w counteth|strong="H2803"\w* me unto him as <i>one of</i> his \w enemies|strong="H6862"\w*.


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His \w troops|strong="H1416"\w* \w come|strong="H0935"\w* \w together|strong="H3162"\w*, and raise \w up|strong="H5549"\w* their \w way|strong="H1870"\w* against me, and \w encamp|strong="H2583"\w* round \w about|strong="H5439"\w* my \w tabernacle|strong="H0168"\w*.


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He hath \w put|strong="H7368"\w* my \w brethren|strong="H0251"\w* \w far|strong="H7368"\w* from me, and mine \w acquaintance|strong="H3045"\w* are verily \w estranged|strong="H2114"\w* from me.


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My \w kinsfolk|strong="H7138"\w* have \w failed|strong="H2308"\w*, and my familiar \w friends|strong="H3045"\w* have \w forgotten|strong="H7911"\w* me.


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They that \w dwell|strong="H1481"\w* in mine \w house|strong="H1004"\w*, and my \w maids|strong="H0519"\w*, \w count|strong="H2803"\w* me for a \w stranger|strong="H2114"\w*: I am an \w alien|strong="H5237"\w* in their \w sight|strong="H5869"\w*.


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I \w called|strong="H7121"\w* my \w servant|strong="H5650"\w*, and he gave <i>me</i> no \w answer|strong="H6030"\w*; I \w intreated|strong="H2603"\w* him \w with|strong="H1119"\w* my \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w*.


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My \w breath|strong="H7307"\w* is \w strange|strong="H2114"\w* to my \w wife|strong="H0802"\w*, though I \w intreated|strong="H2589"\w* for the \w children’s|strong="H1121"\w* <i>sake</i> of mine own \w body|strong="H0990"\w*.<n>mine…: Heb. my belly</n>


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Yea, young \w children|strong="H5759"\w* \w despised|strong="H3988"\w* me; I \w arose|strong="H6965"\w*, and they \w spake|strong="H1696"\w* against me.<n>young…: or, the wicked</n>


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All my \w inward|strong="H5475"\w* \w friends|strong="H4962"\w* \w abhorred|strong="H8581"\w* me: and they whom I \w loved|strong="H0157"\w* are \w turned|strong="H2015"\w* against me.<n>my…: Heb. the men of my secret</n>


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My \w bone|strong="H6106"\w* \w cleaveth|strong="H1692"\w* to my \w skin|strong="H5785"\w* and to my \w flesh|strong="H1320"\w*, and I am \w escaped|strong="H4422"\w* with the \w skin|strong="H5785"\w* of my \w teeth|strong="H8127"\w*.<n>and to: or, as to</n>


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Have \w pity|strong="H2603"\w* upon me, have \w pity|strong="H2603"\w* upon me, O ye my \w friends|strong="H7453"\w*; for the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of \w God|strong="H0433"\w* hath \w touched|strong="H5060"\w* me.


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Why do ye \w persecute|strong="H7291"\w* me as \w God|strong="H0410"\w*, and are not \w satisfied|strong="H7646"\w* with my \w flesh|strong="H1320"\w*?<pb/>


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Oh \w that|strong="H5414"\w* my \w words|strong="H4405"\w* were \w now|strong="H0645"\w* \w written|strong="H3789"\w*! oh \w that|strong="H5414"\w* they were \w printed|strong="H2710"\w* in a \w book|strong="H5612"\w*!<n>Oh…: Heb. Who will give, etc</n>


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That they were \w graven|strong="H2672"\w* with an \w iron|strong="H1270"\w* \w pen|strong="H5842"\w* and \w lead|strong="H5777"\w* in the \w rock|strong="H6697"\w* for \w ever|strong="H5703"\w*!


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For I \w know|strong="H3045"\w* <i>that</i> my \w redeemer|strong="H1350"\w* \w liveth|strong="H2416"\w*, and <i>that</i> he shall \w stand|strong="H6965"\w* at the \w latter|strong="H0314"\w* <i>day</i> upon the \w earth|strong="H6083"\w*:


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And <i>though</i> \w after|strong="H0310"\w* my \w skin|strong="H5785"\w* <i>worms</i> \w destroy|strong="H5362"\w* this <i>body</i>, yet in my \w flesh|strong="H1320"\w* shall I \w see|strong="H2372"\w* \w God|strong="H0433"\w*:<n>And…: or, After I shall awake, though this body be destroyed, yet out of my flesh</n>


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Whom I shall \w see|strong="H2372"\w* for myself, and mine \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* shall \w behold|strong="H7200"\w*, and not \w another|strong="H2114"\w*; <i>though</i> my \w reins|strong="H3629"\w* be \w consumed|strong="H3615"\w* \w within|strong="H2436"\w* me.<n>another: Heb. a stranger</n><n>though…: or, my reins within me are consumed with earnest desire (for that day)</n><n>within…: Heb. in my bosom</n>


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But ye should \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, Why \w persecute|strong="H7291"\w* we him, seeing the \w root|strong="H8328"\w* of the \w matter|strong="H1697"\w* is \w found|strong="H4672"\w* in me?<n>seeing…: or, and what root of matter is found in me?</n>


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Be ye \w afraid|strong="H1481"\w* of the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*: for \w wrath|strong="H2534"\w* <i>bringeth</i> the \w punishments|strong="H5771"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* the \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*, that ye may \w know|strong="H3045"\w* <i>there is</i> a \w judgment|strong="H1779"\w*.<pb/>


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Therefore do my \w thoughts|strong="H5587"\w* cause me to \w answer|strong="H7725"\w*, and for <i>this</i> I make \w haste|strong="H2363"\w*.<n>I make…: Heb. my haste is in me</n>


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I have \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* the \w check|strong="H4148"\w* of my \w reproach|strong="H3639"\w*, and the \w spirit|strong="H7307"\w* of my \w understanding|strong="H0998"\w* causeth me to \w answer|strong="H6030"\w*.


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\w Knowest|strong="H3045"\w* thou <i>not</i> this of \w old|strong="H5703"\w*, since \w man|strong="H0120"\w* was \w placed|strong="H7760"\w* upon \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*,


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That the \w triumphing|strong="H7445"\w* of the \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* <i>is</i> \w short|strong="H7138"\w*, and the \w joy|strong="H8057"\w* of the \w hypocrite|strong="H2611"\w* <i>but</i> for a \w moment|strong="H7281"\w*?<n>short: Heb. from near</n>


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Though his \w excellency|strong="H7863"\w* mount \w up|strong="H5927"\w* to the \w heavens|strong="H8064"\w*, and his \w head|strong="H7218"\w* \w reach|strong="H5060"\w* unto the \w clouds|strong="H5645"\w*;<n>clouds: Heb. cloud</n>


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<i>Yet</i> he shall \w perish|strong="H0006"\w* for \w ever|strong="H5331"\w* like his own \w dung|strong="H1561"\w*: they which have \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* him shall \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, \w Where|strong="H0335"\w* <i>is</i> he?


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He shall fly \w away|strong="H5774"\w* as a \w dream|strong="H2472"\w*, and shall not be \w found|strong="H4672"\w*: yea, he shall be chased \w away|strong="H5074"\w* as a \w vision|strong="H2384"\w* of the \w night|strong="H3915"\w*.


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The \w eye|strong="H5869"\w* also <i>which</i> \w saw|strong="H7805"\w* him shall <i>see him</i> no \w more|strong="H3254"\w*; neither shall his \w place|strong="H4725"\w* any more \w behold|strong="H7789"\w* him.<pb/>


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His \w children|strong="H1121"\w* shall seek to \w please|strong="H7521"\w* the \w poor|strong="H1800"\w*, and his \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* shall \w restore|strong="H7725"\w* their \w goods|strong="H0202"\w*.<n>His children…: or, The poor shall oppress his children</n>


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His \w bones|strong="H6106"\w* are \w full|strong="H4390"\w* <i>of the sin</i> of his \w youth|strong="H5934"\w*, which shall lie \w down|strong="H7901"\w* with him in the \w dust|strong="H6083"\w*.


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Though \w wickedness|strong="H7451"\w* be \w sweet|strong="H4985"\w* in his \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w*, <i>though</i> he \w hide|strong="H3582"\w* it under his \w tongue|strong="H3956"\w*;


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<i>Though</i> he \w spare|strong="H2550"\w* it, and \w forsake|strong="H5800"\w* it not; but keep it \w still|strong="H4513"\w* \w within|strong="H8432"\w* his \w mouth|strong="H2441"\w*:<n>within…: Heb. in the midst of his palate</n>


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<i>Yet</i> his \w meat|strong="H3899"\w* in his \w bowels|strong="H4578"\w* is \w turned|strong="H2015"\w*, <i>it is</i> the \w gall|strong="H4846"\w* of \w asps|strong="H6620"\w* \w within|strong="H7130"\w* him.


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He hath swallowed \w down|strong="H1104"\w* \w riches|strong="H2428"\w*, and he shall vomit them up \w again|strong="H6958"\w*: \w God|strong="H0410"\w* shall cast them \w out|strong="H3423"\w* of his \w belly|strong="H0990"\w*.


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He shall \w suck|strong="H3243"\w* the \w poison|strong="H7219"\w* of \w asps|strong="H6620"\w*: the \w viper’s|strong="H0660"\w* \w tongue|strong="H3956"\w* shall \w slay|strong="H2026"\w* him.


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He shall not \w see|strong="H7200"\w* the \w rivers|strong="H6390"\w*, the \w floods|strong="H5104"\w*, the \w brooks|strong="H5158"\w* of \w honey|strong="H1706"\w* and \w butter|strong="H2529"\w*.<n>the floods…: or, streaming brooks</n>


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That which he \w laboured|strong="H3022"\w* for shall he \w restore|strong="H7725"\w*, and shall not swallow <i>it</i> \w down|strong="H1104"\w*: according to <i>his</i> \w substance|strong="H2428"\w* <i>shall</i> the \w restitution|strong="H8545"\w* <i>be</i>, and he shall not \w rejoice|strong="H5965"\w* <i>therein</i>.<n>his…: Heb. the substance of his exchange</n>


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Because he hath \w oppressed|strong="H7533"\w* <i>and</i> hath \w forsaken|strong="H5800"\w* the \w poor|strong="H1800"\w*; <i>because</i> he hath violently taken \w away|strong="H1497"\w* an \w house|strong="H1004"\w* which he \w builded|strong="H1129"\w* not;<n>oppressed: Heb. crushed</n>


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Surely he shall not \w feel|strong="H3045"\w* \w quietness|strong="H7961"\w* in his \w belly|strong="H0990"\w*, he shall not \w save|strong="H4422"\w* of that which he \w desired|strong="H2530"\w*.<n>feel: Heb. know</n>


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There shall none of his \w meat|strong="H0400"\w* be \w left|strong="H8300"\w*; therefore shall no man \w look|strong="H2342"\w* for his \w goods|strong="H2898"\w*.<n>none…: or, be none left for his meat</n>


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In the \w fulness|strong="H4390"\w* of his \w sufficiency|strong="H5607"\w* he shall be in \w straits|strong="H3334"\w*: every \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of the \w wicked|strong="H6001"\w* shall \w come|strong="H0935"\w* upon him.<n>wicked: or, troublesome</n><pb/>


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<i>When</i> he is about to \w fill|strong="H4390"\w* his \w belly|strong="H0990"\w*, <i>God</i> shall \w cast|strong="H7971"\w* the \w fury|strong="H2740"\w* of his \w wrath|strong="H0639"\w* upon him, and shall \w rain|strong="H4305"\w* <i>it</i> upon him while he is \w eating|strong="H3894"\w*.


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He shall \w flee|strong="H1272"\w* from the \w iron|strong="H1270"\w* \w weapon|strong="H5402"\w*, <i>and</i> the \w bow|strong="H7198"\w* of \w steel|strong="H5154"\w* shall strike him \w through|strong="H2498"\w*.


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It is \w drawn|strong="H8025"\w*, and cometh \w out|strong="H3318"\w* of the \w body|strong="H1465"\w*; yea, the glittering \w sword|strong="H1300"\w* cometh \w out|strong="H1980"\w* of his \w gall|strong="H4846"\w*: \w terrors|strong="H0367"\w* <i>are</i> upon him.


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All \w darkness|strong="H2822"\w* <i>shall be</i> \w hid|strong="H2934"\w* in his secret \w places|strong="H6845"\w*: a \w fire|strong="H0784"\w* not \w blown|strong="H5301"\w* shall \w consume|strong="H0398"\w* him; it shall go \w ill|strong="H3415"\w* with him that is \w left|strong="H8300"\w* in his \w tabernacle|strong="H0168"\w*.


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The \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w* shall \w reveal|strong="H1540"\w* his \w iniquity|strong="H5771"\w*; and the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w* shall rise \w up|strong="H6965"\w* against him.


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The \w increase|strong="H2981"\w* of his \w house|strong="H1004"\w* shall \w depart|strong="H1540"\w*, <i>and his goods</i> shall flow \w away|strong="H5064"\w* in the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* of his \w wrath|strong="H0639"\w*.


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This <i>is</i> the \w portion|strong="H2506"\w* of a \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \w man|strong="H0120"\w* from \w God|strong="H0430"\w*, and the \w heritage|strong="H5159"\w* \w appointed|strong="H0561"\w* unto him by \w God|strong="H0410"\w*.<n>appointed…: Heb. of his decree from God</n><pb/>


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\w Hear|strong="H8085"\w* \w diligently|strong="H8085"\w* my \w speech|strong="H4405"\w*, and let this be your \w consolations|strong="H8575"\w*.


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\w Suffer|strong="H5375"\w* me that I may \w speak|strong="H1696"\w*; and \w after|strong="H0310"\w* that I have \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w*, mock \w on|strong="H3932"\w*.


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As for me, <i>is</i> my \w complaint|strong="H7879"\w* to \w man|strong="H0120"\w*? and if <i>it were so</i>, why should not my \w spirit|strong="H7307"\w* be \w troubled|strong="H7114"\w*?<n>troubled: Heb. shortened?</n>


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\w Mark|strong="H6437"\w* me, and be \w astonished|strong="H8074"\w*, and \w lay|strong="H7760"\w* <i>your</i> \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* upon <i>your</i> \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w*.<n>Mark…: Heb. Look unto me</n>


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Even when I \w remember|strong="H2142"\w* I am \w afraid|strong="H0926"\w*, and \w trembling|strong="H6427"\w* taketh hold \w on|strong="H0270"\w* my \w flesh|strong="H1320"\w*.<pb/>


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Wherefore do the \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* \w live|strong="H2421"\w*, become \w old|strong="H6275"\w*, yea, are \w mighty|strong="H1396"\w* in \w power|strong="H2428"\w*?


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Their \w seed|strong="H2233"\w* is \w established|strong="H3559"\w* in their \w sight|strong="H6440"\w* with them, and their \w offspring|strong="H6631"\w* before their \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*.


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Their \w houses|strong="H1004"\w* <i>are</i> \w safe|strong="H7965"\w* from \w fear|strong="H6343"\w*, neither <i>is</i> the \w rod|strong="H7626"\w* of \w God|strong="H0433"\w* upon them.<n>safe…: Heb. peace from</n>


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Their \w bull|strong="H7794"\w* \w gendereth|strong="H5674"\w*, and \w faileth|strong="H1602"\w* not; their \w cow|strong="H6510"\w* \w calveth|strong="H6403"\w*, and casteth not her \w calf|strong="H7921"\w*.


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They send \w forth|strong="H7971"\w* their little \w ones|strong="H5759"\w* like a \w flock|strong="H6629"\w*, and their \w children|strong="H3206"\w* \w dance|strong="H7540"\w*.


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They \w take|strong="H5375"\w* the \w timbrel|strong="H8596"\w* and \w harp|strong="H3658"\w*, and \w rejoice|strong="H8055"\w* at the \w sound|strong="H6963"\w* of the \w organ|strong="H5748"\w*.


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They \w spend|strong="H3615"\w* their \w days|strong="H3117"\w* in \w wealth|strong="H2896"\w*, and in a \w moment|strong="H7281"\w* go \w down|strong="H2865"\w* to the \w grave|strong="H7585"\w*.<n>in wealth: or, in mirth</n>


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Therefore they \w say|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w God|strong="H0410"\w*, \w Depart|strong="H5493"\w* from us; for we \w desire|strong="H2654"\w* not the \w knowledge|strong="H1847"\w* of thy \w ways|strong="H1870"\w*.


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What <i>is</i> the \w Almighty|strong="H7706"\w*, that we should \w serve|strong="H5647"\w* him? and what \w profit|strong="H3276"\w* should we have, if we \w pray|strong="H6293"\w* unto him?


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Lo, their \w good|strong="H2898"\w* <i>is</i> not in their \w hand|strong="H3027"\w*: the \w counsel|strong="H6098"\w* of the \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* is \w far|strong="H7368"\w* from me.<pb/>


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How oft is the \w candle|strong="H5216"\w* of the \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* put \w out|strong="H1846"\w*! and <i>how oft</i> \w cometh|strong="H0935"\w* their \w destruction|strong="H0343"\w* upon them! <i>God</i> \w distributeth|strong="H2505"\w* \w sorrows|strong="H2256"\w* in his \w anger|strong="H0639"\w*.<n>candle: or, lamp</n>


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They are as \w stubble|strong="H8401"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \w wind|strong="H7307"\w*, and as \w chaff|strong="H4671"\w* that the \w storm|strong="H5492"\w* carrieth \w away|strong="H1589"\w*.<n>carrieth: Heb. stealeth</n>


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\w God|strong="H0433"\w* layeth \w up|strong="H6845"\w* his \w iniquity|strong="H0205"\w* for his \w children|strong="H1121"\w*: he \w rewardeth|strong="H7999"\w* him, and he shall \w know|strong="H3045"\w* <i>it</i>.<n>his iniquity: that is, the punishment of his iniquity</n>


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His \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* shall \w see|strong="H7200"\w* his \w destruction|strong="H3589"\w*, and he shall \w drink|strong="H8354"\w* of the \w wrath|strong="H2534"\w* of the \w Almighty|strong="H7706"\w*.


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For what \w pleasure|strong="H2656"\w* <i>hath</i> he in his \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* him, when the \w number|strong="H4557"\w* of his \w months|strong="H2320"\w* is cut off in the \w midst|strong="H2686"\w*?


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Shall <i>any</i> \w teach|strong="H3925"\w* \w God|strong="H0410"\w* \w knowledge|strong="H1847"\w*? seeing he \w judgeth|strong="H8199"\w* those that are \w high|strong="H7311"\w*.


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One \w dieth|strong="H4191"\w* in his \w full|strong="H8537"\w* \w strength|strong="H6106"\w*, being wholly at \w ease|strong="H7946"\w* and \w quiet|strong="H7961"\w*.<n>his…: Heb. his very, or, the strength of, his perfection</n>


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His \w breasts|strong="H5845"\w* are \w full|strong="H4390"\w* of \w milk|strong="H2461"\w*, and his \w bones|strong="H6106"\w* are \w moistened|strong="H8248"\w* with \w marrow|strong="H4221"\w*.<n>breasts: or, milk pails</n>


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And another \w dieth|strong="H4191"\w* in the \w bitterness|strong="H4751"\w* of his \w soul|strong="H5315"\w*, and never \w eateth|strong="H0398"\w* with \w pleasure|strong="H2896"\w*.


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They shall lie \w down|strong="H7901"\w* \w alike|strong="H3162"\w* in the \w dust|strong="H6083"\w*, and the \w worms|strong="H7415"\w* shall \w cover|strong="H3680"\w* them.<pb/>


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Behold, I \w know|strong="H3045"\w* your \w thoughts|strong="H4284"\w*, and the \w devices|strong="H4209"\w* <i>which</i> ye wrongfully \w imagine|strong="H2554"\w* against me.


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For ye \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, Where <i>is</i> the \w house|strong="H1004"\w* of the \w prince|strong="H5081"\w*? and where <i>are</i> the \w dwelling|strong="H4908"\w* \w places|strong="H0168"\w* of the \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w*?<n>the dwelling…: Heb. the tent of the tabernacles</n>


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Have ye not \w asked|strong="H7592"\w* them that \w go|strong="H5674"\w* by the \w way|strong="H1870"\w*? and do ye not \w know|strong="H5234"\w* their \w tokens|strong="H0226"\w*,


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That the \w wicked|strong="H7451"\w* is \w reserved|strong="H2820"\w* to the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* of \w destruction|strong="H0343"\w*? they shall be brought \w forth|strong="H2986"\w* to the \w day|strong="H3117"\w* of \w wrath|strong="H5678"\w*.<n>wrath: Heb. wraths</n>


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Who shall \w declare|strong="H5046"\w* his \w way|strong="H1870"\w* to his \w face|strong="H6440"\w*? and who shall \w repay|strong="H7999"\w* him <i>what</i> he hath \w done|strong="H6213"\w*?


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Yet shall he be \w brought|strong="H2986"\w* to the \w grave|strong="H6913"\w*, and shall \w remain|strong="H8245"\w* in the \w tomb|strong="H1430"\w*.<n>grave: Heb. graves</n><n>remain…: Heb. watch in the heap</n>


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The \w clods|strong="H7263"\w* of the \w valley|strong="H5158"\w* shall be \w sweet|strong="H4985"\w* unto him, and every \w man|strong="H0120"\w* shall \w draw|strong="H4900"\w* \w after|strong="H0310"\w* him, as <i>there are</i> \w innumerable|strong="H4557"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* him.


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How then \w comfort|strong="H5162"\w* ye me in \w vain|strong="H1892"\w*, seeing in your \w answers|strong="H8666"\w* there \w remaineth|strong="H7604"\w* \w falsehood|strong="H4604"\w*?<n>falsehood: Heb. transgression?</n><pb/>


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Can a \w man|strong="H1397"\w* be \w profitable|strong="H5532"\w* unto \w God|strong="H0410"\w*, \w as|strong="H3588"\w* he that is \w wise|strong="H7919"\w* may be \w profitable|strong="H5532"\w* unto himself?<n>as he…: or, if he may be profitable, doth his good success depend thereon?</n>


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<i>Is it</i> any \w pleasure|strong="H2656"\w* to the \w Almighty|strong="H7706"\w*, that thou art \w righteous|strong="H6663"\w*? or <i>is it</i> \w gain|strong="H1215"\w* <i>to him</i>, that thou makest thy \w ways|strong="H1870"\w* \w perfect|strong="H8552"\w*?


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Will he \w reprove|strong="H3198"\w* thee for \w fear|strong="H3374"\w* of thee? will he \w enter|strong="H0935"\w* with thee into \w judgment|strong="H4941"\w*?<pb/>


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<i>Is</i> not thy \w wickedness|strong="H7451"\w* \w great|strong="H7227"\w*? and thine \w iniquities|strong="H5771"\w* \w infinite|strong="H7093"\w*?


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For thou hast taken a \w pledge|strong="H2254"\w* from thy \w brother|strong="H0251"\w* for \w nought|strong="H2600"\w*, and \w stripped|strong="H6584"\w* the \w naked|strong="H6174"\w* of their \w clothing|strong="H0899"\w*.<n>the naked…: Heb. the clothes of the naked</n>


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Thou hast not given \w water|strong="H4325"\w* to the \w weary|strong="H5889"\w* to \w drink|strong="H8248"\w*, and thou hast \w withholden|strong="H4513"\w* \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* from the \w hungry|strong="H7457"\w*.


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But <i>as for</i> the \w mighty|strong="H2220"\w* \w man|strong="H0376"\w*, he had the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*; and the honourable \w man|strong="H5375"\w* \w dwelt|strong="H3427"\w* in it.<n>mighty…: Heb. man of arm</n><n>honourable…: Heb. eminent, or, accepted for countenance</n>


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Thou hast \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w widows|strong="H0490"\w* away \w empty|strong="H7387"\w*, and the \w arms|strong="H2220"\w* of the \w fatherless|strong="H3490"\w* have been \w broken|strong="H1792"\w*.


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Therefore \w snares|strong="H6341"\w* <i>are</i> round \w about|strong="H5439"\w* thee, and \w sudden|strong="H6597"\w* \w fear|strong="H6343"\w* \w troubleth|strong="H0926"\w* thee;


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Or \w darkness|strong="H2822"\w*, <i>that</i> thou canst not \w see|strong="H7200"\w*; and \w abundance|strong="H8229"\w* of \w waters|strong="H4325"\w* \w cover|strong="H3680"\w* thee.


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<i>Is</i> not \w God|strong="H0433"\w* in the \w height|strong="H1363"\w* of \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*? and \w behold|strong="H7200"\w* the \w height|strong="H7218"\w* of the \w stars|strong="H3556"\w*, how \w high|strong="H7311"\w* they are!<n>height of the stars: Heb. head of the stars</n>


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And thou \w sayest|strong="H0559"\w*, How doth \w God|strong="H0410"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w*? can he \w judge|strong="H8199"\w* through the dark \w cloud|strong="H6205"\w*?<n>How: or, What</n>


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Thick \w clouds|strong="H5645"\w* <i>are</i> a \w covering|strong="H5643"\w* to him, that he \w seeth|strong="H7200"\w* not; and he \w walketh|strong="H1980"\w* in the \w circuit|strong="H2329"\w* of \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w*.<pb/>


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Hast thou \w marked|strong="H8104"\w* the \w old|strong="H5769"\w* \w way|strong="H0734"\w* which \w wicked|strong="H0205"\w* \w men|strong="H4962"\w* have \w trodden|strong="H1869"\w*?


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Which were cut \w down|strong="H7059"\w* out of \w time|strong="H6256"\w*, whose \w foundation|strong="H3247"\w* was \w overflown|strong="H3332"\w* with a \w flood|strong="H5104"\w*:<n>whose…: Heb. a flood was poured upon their foundation</n>


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Which \w said|strong="H0559"\w* unto \w God|strong="H0410"\w*, \w Depart|strong="H5493"\w* from us: and what can the \w Almighty|strong="H7706"\w* \w do|strong="H6466"\w* for them?<n>for: or, to</n>


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Yet he \w filled|strong="H4390"\w* their \w houses|strong="H1004"\w* with \w good|strong="H2896"\w* <i>things:</i> but the \w counsel|strong="H6098"\w* of the \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w* is \w far|strong="H7368"\w* from me.


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The \w righteous|strong="H6662"\w* \w see|strong="H7200"\w* <i>it</i>, and are \w glad|strong="H8055"\w*: and the \w innocent|strong="H5355"\w* laugh them to \w scorn|strong="H3932"\w*.


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\w Whereas|strong="H0518"\w* our \w substance|strong="H7009"\w* is not cut \w down|strong="H3582"\w*, but the \w remnant|strong="H3499"\w* of them the \w fire|strong="H0784"\w* \w consumeth|strong="H0398"\w*.<n>substance: or, estate</n><n>the remnant…: or, their excellency</n><pb/>


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\w Acquaint|strong="H5532"\w* now thyself with him, and be at \w peace|strong="H7999"\w*: thereby \w good|strong="H2896"\w* shall \w come|strong="H0935"\w* unto thee.<n>him: that is, God</n>


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\w Receive|strong="H3947"\w*, I pray thee, the \w law|strong="H8451"\w* from his \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w*, and lay \w up|strong="H7760"\w* his \w words|strong="H0561"\w* in thine \w heart|strong="H3824"\w*.


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If thou \w return|strong="H7725"\w* to the \w Almighty|strong="H7706"\w*, thou shalt be built \w up|strong="H1129"\w*, thou shalt put \w away|strong="H7368"\w* \w iniquity|strong="H5766"\w* \w far|strong="H7368"\w* from thy \w tabernacles|strong="H0168"\w*.


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Then shalt thou lay \w up|strong="H7896"\w* \w gold|strong="H1220"\w* \w as|strong="H5921"\w* \w dust|strong="H6083"\w*, and the <i>gold</i> of \w Ophir|strong="H0211"\w* as the \w stones|strong="H6697"\w* of the \w brooks|strong="H5158"\w*.<n>as dust: or, on the dust</n>


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Yea, the \w Almighty|strong="H7706"\w* shall be thy \w defence|strong="H1220"\w*, and thou shalt have \w plenty|strong="H8443"\w* of \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*.<n>defence: or, gold</n><n>plenty…: Heb. silver of strength</n>


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For then shalt thou have thy \w delight|strong="H6026"\w* in the \w Almighty|strong="H7706"\w*, and shalt lift \w up|strong="H5375"\w* thy \w face|strong="H6440"\w* unto \w God|strong="H0433"\w*.


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Thou shalt make thy \w prayer|strong="H6279"\w* unto him, and he shall \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* thee, and thou shalt \w pay|strong="H7999"\w* thy \w vows|strong="H5088"\w*.


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Thou shalt also \w decree|strong="H1504"\w* a \w thing|strong="H0562"\w*, and it shall be \w established|strong="H6965"\w* unto thee: and the \w light|strong="H0216"\w* shall \w shine|strong="H5050"\w* upon thy \w ways|strong="H1870"\w*.


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When <i>men</i> are cast \w down|strong="H8213"\w*, then thou shalt \w say|strong="H0559"\w*, <i>There is</i> lifting \w up|strong="H1466"\w*; and he shall \w save|strong="H3467"\w* the \w humble|strong="H7807"\w* \w person|strong="H5869"\w*.<n>the humble…: Heb. him that hath low eyes</n>


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He shall \w deliver|strong="H4422"\w* the \w island|strong="H0336"\w* of the \w innocent|strong="H5355"\w*: and it is \w delivered|strong="H4422"\w* by the \w pureness|strong="H1252"\w* of thine \w hands|strong="H3709"\w*.<n>He shall…: or, The innocent shall deliver the island</n><pb/>


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Even to \w day|strong="H3117"\w* <i>is</i> my \w complaint|strong="H7879"\w* \w bitter|strong="H4805"\w*: my \w stroke|strong="H3027"\w* is \w heavier|strong="H3513"\w* than my \w groaning|strong="H0585"\w*.<n>stroke: Heb. hand</n>


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Oh \w that|strong="H5414"\w* I \w knew|strong="H3045"\w* where I might \w find|strong="H4672"\w* him! <i>that</i> I might \w come|strong="H0935"\w* <i>even</i> to his \w seat|strong="H8499"\w*!


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I would \w order|strong="H6186"\w* <i>my</i> \w cause|strong="H4941"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* him, and \w fill|strong="H4390"\w* my \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w* with \w arguments|strong="H8433"\w*.


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I would \w know|strong="H3045"\w* the \w words|strong="H4405"\w* <i>which</i> he would \w answer|strong="H6030"\w* me, and \w understand|strong="H0995"\w* what he would \w say|strong="H0559"\w* unto me.


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Will he \w plead|strong="H7378"\w* \w against|strong="H5978"\w* me with <i>his</i> \w great|strong="H7230"\w* \w power|strong="H3581"\w*? No; but he would \w put|strong="H7760"\w* <i>strength</i> in me.


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There the \w righteous|strong="H3477"\w* might \w dispute|strong="H3198"\w* with him; so should I be \w delivered|strong="H6403"\w* for \w ever|strong="H5331"\w* from my \w judge|strong="H8199"\w*.<pb/>


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Behold, I \w go|strong="H1980"\w* \w forward|strong="H6924"\w*, but he <i>is</i> not <i>there;</i> and \w backward|strong="H0268"\w*, but I cannot \w perceive|strong="H0995"\w* him:


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On the left \w hand|strong="H8040"\w*, where he doth \w work|strong="H6213"\w*, but I cannot \w behold|strong="H2372"\w* <i>him:</i> he \w hideth|strong="H5848"\w* himself on the right \w hand|strong="H3225"\w*, that I cannot \w see|strong="H7200"\w* <i>him:</i>


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But he \w knoweth|strong="H3045"\w* the \w way|strong="H1870"\w* that I \w take|strong="H5978"\w*: <i>when</i> he hath \w tried|strong="H0974"\w* me, I shall come \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* as \w gold|strong="H2091"\w*.<n>that…: Heb. that is with me</n>


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My \w foot|strong="H7272"\w* hath \w held|strong="H0270"\w* his \w steps|strong="H0838"\w*, his \w way|strong="H1870"\w* have I \w kept|strong="H8104"\w*, and not \w declined|strong="H5186"\w*.


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Neither have I gone \w back|strong="H4185"\w* from the \w commandment|strong="H4687"\w* of his \w lips|strong="H8193"\w*; I have \w esteemed|strong="H6845"\w* the \w words|strong="H0561"\w* of his \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w* more than my \w necessary|strong="H2706"\w* <i>food</i>.<n>esteemed: Heb. hid, or, laid up</n><n>my…: or, my appointed portion</n><pb/>


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But he <i>is</i> in \w one|strong="H0259"\w* <i>mind</i>, and who can \w turn|strong="H7725"\w* him? and <i>what</i> his \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* \w desireth|strong="H0183"\w*, even <i>that</i> he \w doeth|strong="H6213"\w*.


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For he \w performeth|strong="H7999"\w* <i>the thing that is</i> \w appointed|strong="H2706"\w* for me: and \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w such|strong="H2007"\w* <i>things are</i> with him.


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Therefore am I \w troubled|strong="H0926"\w* at his \w presence|strong="H6440"\w*: when I \w consider|strong="H0995"\w*, I am \w afraid|strong="H6342"\w* of him.


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For \w God|strong="H0410"\w* maketh my \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* \w soft|strong="H7401"\w*, and the \w Almighty|strong="H7706"\w* \w troubleth|strong="H0926"\w* me:


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Because I was not cut \w off|strong="H6789"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* the \w darkness|strong="H2822"\w*, <i>neither</i> hath he \w covered|strong="H3680"\w* the \w darkness|strong="H0652"\w* from my \w face|strong="H6440"\w*.<pb/>


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Why, seeing \w times|strong="H6256"\w* are not \w hidden|strong="H6845"\w* from the \w Almighty|strong="H7706"\w*, do they that \w know|strong="H3045"\w* him not \w see|strong="H2372"\w* his \w days|strong="H3117"\w*?


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<i>Some</i> \w remove|strong="H5381"\w* the \w landmarks|strong="H1367"\w*; they violently take \w away|strong="H1497"\w* \w flocks|strong="H5739"\w*, and \w feed|strong="H7462"\w* <i>thereof</i>.<n>feed…: or, feed them</n>


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They drive \w away|strong="H5090"\w* the \w ass|strong="H2543"\w* of the \w fatherless|strong="H3490"\w*, they \w take|strong="H2254"\w* the \w widow’s|strong="H0490"\w* \w ox|strong="H7794"\w* for a \w pledge|strong="H2254"\w*.


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They \w turn|strong="H5186"\w* the \w needy|strong="H0034"\w* out of the \w way|strong="H1870"\w*: the \w poor|strong="H6041"\w* of the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w* \w hide|strong="H2244"\w* themselves \w together|strong="H3162"\w*.


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Behold, <i>as</i> wild \w asses|strong="H6501"\w* in the \w desert|strong="H4057"\w*, go they \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* to their \w work|strong="H6467"\w*; rising \w betimes|strong="H7836"\w* for a \w prey|strong="H2964"\w*: the \w wilderness|strong="H6160"\w* <i>yieldeth</i> \w food|strong="H3899"\w* for them <i>and</i> for <i>their</i> \w children|strong="H5288"\w*.


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They \w reap|strong="H7114"\w* <i>every one</i> his \w corn|strong="H1098"\w* in the \w field|strong="H7704"\w*: and they \w gather|strong="H3953"\w* the \w vintage|strong="H3754"\w* of the \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w*.<n>corn: Heb. mingled corn, or, dredge</n><n>they gather…: Heb. the wicked gather the vintage</n>


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They cause the \w naked|strong="H6174"\w* to \w lodge|strong="H3885"\w* without \w clothing|strong="H3830"\w*, that <i>they have</i> no \w covering|strong="H3682"\w* in the \w cold|strong="H7135"\w*.


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They are \w wet|strong="H7372"\w* with the \w showers|strong="H2230"\w* of the \w mountains|strong="H2022"\w*, and \w embrace|strong="H2263"\w* the \w rock|strong="H6697"\w* for want of a \w shelter|strong="H4268"\w*.


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They \w pluck|strong="H1497"\w* the \w fatherless|strong="H3490"\w* from the \w breast|strong="H7699"\w*, and take a \w pledge|strong="H2254"\w* of the \w poor|strong="H6041"\w*.


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They cause <i>him</i> to \w go|strong="H1980"\w* \w naked|strong="H6174"\w* without \w clothing|strong="H3830"\w*, and they take \w away|strong="H5375"\w* the \w sheaf|strong="H6016"\w* <i>from</i> the \w hungry|strong="H7457"\w*;


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<i>Which</i> make \w oil|strong="H6671"\w* \w within|strong="H0996"\w* their \w walls|strong="H7791"\w*, <i>and</i> \w tread|strong="H1869"\w* <i>their</i> \w winepresses|strong="H3342"\w*, and suffer \w thirst|strong="H6770"\w*.


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\w Men|strong="H4962"\w* \w groan|strong="H5008"\w* from out of the \w city|strong="H5892"\w*, and the \w soul|strong="H5315"\w* of the \w wounded|strong="H2491"\w* crieth \w out|strong="H7768"\w*: yet \w God|strong="H0433"\w* \w layeth|strong="H7760"\w* not \w folly|strong="H8604"\w* <i>to them</i>.<pb/>


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They are of those that \w rebel|strong="H4775"\w* against the \w light|strong="H0216"\w*; they \w know|strong="H5234"\w* not the \w ways|strong="H1870"\w* thereof, nor \w abide|strong="H3427"\w* in the \w paths|strong="H5410"\w* thereof.


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The \w murderer|strong="H7523"\w* \w rising|strong="H6965"\w* with the \w light|strong="H0216"\w* \w killeth|strong="H6991"\w* the \w poor|strong="H6041"\w* and \w needy|strong="H0034"\w*, and in the \w night|strong="H3915"\w* is as a \w thief|strong="H1590"\w*.


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The \w eye|strong="H5869"\w* also of the \w adulterer|strong="H5003"\w* \w waiteth|strong="H8104"\w* for the \w twilight|strong="H5399"\w*, \w saying|strong="H0559"\w*, No \w eye|strong="H5869"\w* shall \w see|strong="H7789"\w* me: and \w disguiseth|strong="H5643"\w* <i>his</i> \w face|strong="H6440"\w*.<n>disguiseth…: Heb. setteth his face in secret</n>


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In the \w dark|strong="H2822"\w* they dig \w through|strong="H2864"\w* \w houses|strong="H1004"\w*, <i>which</i> they had \w marked|strong="H2856"\w* for themselves in the \w daytime|strong="H3119"\w*: they \w know|strong="H3045"\w* not the \w light|strong="H0216"\w*.


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For the \w morning|strong="H1242"\w* <i>is</i> to them even \w as|strong="H3162"\w* the shadow of \w death|strong="H6757"\w*: if <i>one</i> \w know|strong="H5234"\w* <i>them, they are in</i> the \w terrors|strong="H1091"\w* of the shadow of \w death|strong="H6757"\w*.<pb/>


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He <i>is</i> \w swift|strong="H7031"\w* as the \w waters|strong="H6440"\w*; their \w portion|strong="H2513"\w* is \w cursed|strong="H7043"\w* in the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w*: he \w beholdeth|strong="H6437"\w* not the \w way|strong="H1870"\w* of the \w vineyards|strong="H3754"\w*.


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\w Drought|strong="H6723"\w* and \w heat|strong="H2527"\w* \w consume|strong="H1497"\w* the \w snow|strong="H7950"\w* \w waters|strong="H4325"\w*: <i>so doth</i> the \w grave|strong="H7585"\w* <i>those which</i> have \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w*.<n>consume: Heb. violently take</n>


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The \w womb|strong="H7358"\w* shall \w forget|strong="H7911"\w* him; the \w worm|strong="H7415"\w* shall feed \w sweetly|strong="H4988"\w* on him; he shall be no more \w remembered|strong="H2142"\w*; and \w wickedness|strong="H5766"\w* shall be \w broken|strong="H7665"\w* as a \w tree|strong="H6086"\w*.


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He evil \w entreateth|strong="H7462"\w* the \w barren|strong="H6135"\w* <i>that</i> \w beareth|strong="H3205"\w* not: and doeth not \w good|strong="H3190"\w* to the \w widow|strong="H0490"\w*.


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He \w draweth|strong="H4900"\w* also the \w mighty|strong="H0047"\w* with his \w power|strong="H3581"\w*: he riseth \w up|strong="H6965"\w*, and no <i>man</i> is \w sure|strong="H0539"\w* of \w life|strong="H2416"\w*.<n>no…: or, he trusteth not his own life</n>


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<i>Though</i> it be \w given|strong="H5414"\w* him <i>to be</i> in \w safety|strong="H0983"\w*, whereon he \w resteth|strong="H8172"\w*; yet his \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w* <i>are</i> upon their \w ways|strong="H1870"\w*.


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They are \w exalted|strong="H7426"\w* for a little \w while|strong="H4592"\w*, but are gone and brought \w low|strong="H4355"\w*; they are taken \w out|strong="H7092"\w* of the \w way|strong="H1870"\w* as all <i>other</i>, and cut \w off|strong="H5243"\w* as the \w tops|strong="H7218"\w* of the ears of \w corn|strong="H7641"\w*.<n>are gone: Heb. are not</n><n>taken…: Heb. closed up</n>


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And if <i>it be</i> not <i>so</i> \w now|strong="H0645"\w*, who will \w make|strong="H7760"\w* me a \w liar|strong="H3576"\w*, and \w make|strong="H7760"\w* my \w speech|strong="H4405"\w* nothing \w worth|strong="H0408"\w*?<pb/>


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\w Dominion|strong="H4910"\w* and \w fear|strong="H6343"\w* <i>are</i> with him, he \w maketh|strong="H6213"\w* \w peace|strong="H7965"\w* in his high \w places|strong="H4791"\w*.


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Is \w there|strong="H3426"\w* any \w number|strong="H4557"\w* of his \w armies|strong="H1416"\w*? and upon whom doth not his \w light|strong="H0216"\w* \w arise|strong="H6965"\w*?


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How then can \w man|strong="H0582"\w* be \w justified|strong="H6663"\w* with \w God|strong="H0410"\w*? or how can he be \w clean|strong="H2135"\w* <i>that is</i> \w born|strong="H3205"\w* of a \w woman|strong="H0802"\w*?


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Behold even to the \w moon|strong="H3394"\w*, and it \w shineth|strong="H0166"\w* not; yea, the \w stars|strong="H3556"\w* are not \w pure|strong="H2141"\w* in his \w sight|strong="H5869"\w*.


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How much less \w man|strong="H0582"\w*, <i>that is</i> a \w worm|strong="H7415"\w*? and the \w son|strong="H1121"\w* of \w man|strong="H0120"\w*, <i>which is</i> a \w worm|strong="H8438"\w*?<pb/>


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How hast thou \w helped|strong="H5826"\w* <i>him that is</i> without \w power|strong="H3581"\w*? <i>how</i> \w savest|strong="H3467"\w* thou the \w arm|strong="H2220"\w* <i>that hath</i> \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w strength|strong="H5797"\w*?


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How hast thou \w counselled|strong="H3289"\w* <i>him that hath</i> \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w wisdom|strong="H2451"\w*? and <i>how</i> hast thou \w plentifully|strong="H7230"\w* \w declared|strong="H3045"\w* the thing as it \w is|strong="H8454"\w*?


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To whom hast thou \w uttered|strong="H5046"\w* \w words|strong="H4405"\w*? and whose \w spirit|strong="H5397"\w* \w came|strong="H3318"\w* from thee?<pb/>


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\w Dead|strong="H7496"\w* <i>things</i> are \w formed|strong="H2342"\w* from under the \w waters|strong="H4325"\w*, and the \w inhabitants|strong="H7931"\w* thereof.<n>and the…: or, with the inhabitants</n>


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\w Hell|strong="H7585"\w* <i>is</i> \w naked|strong="H6174"\w* before him, and \w destruction|strong="H0011"\w* hath no \w covering|strong="H3682"\w*.


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He stretcheth \w out|strong="H5186"\w* the \w north|strong="H6828"\w* over the empty \w place|strong="H8414"\w*, <i>and</i> \w hangeth|strong="H8518"\w* the \w earth|strong="H0776"\w* upon \w nothing|strong="H1099"\w*.


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He bindeth \w up|strong="H6887"\w* the \w waters|strong="H4325"\w* in his thick \w clouds|strong="H5645"\w*; and the \w cloud|strong="H6051"\w* is not \w rent|strong="H1234"\w* under them.


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He holdeth \w back|strong="H0270"\w* the \w face|strong="H6440"\w* of his \w throne|strong="H3678"\w*, <i>and</i> \w spreadeth|strong="H6576"\w* his \w cloud|strong="H6051"\w* upon it.


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He hath \w compassed|strong="H2328"\w* the \w waters|strong="H6440"\w* with \w bounds|strong="H2706"\w*, until the \w day|strong="H0216"\w* and \w night|strong="H2822"\w* come to an \w end|strong="H8503"\w*.<n>until…: Heb. until the end of light with darkness</n>


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The \w pillars|strong="H5982"\w* of \w heaven|strong="H8064"\w* \w tremble|strong="H7322"\w* and are \w astonished|strong="H8539"\w* at his \w reproof|strong="H1606"\w*.


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He \w divideth|strong="H7280"\w* the \w sea|strong="H3220"\w* with his \w power|strong="H3581"\w*, and by his \w understanding|strong="H8394"\w* he \w smiteth|strong="H4272"\w* through the \w proud|strong="H7293"\w*.<n>the proud: Heb. pride</n>


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By his \w spirit|strong="H7307"\w* he hath \w garnished|strong="H8235"\w* the \w heavens|strong="H8064"\w*; his \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* hath \w formed|strong="H2342"\w* the \w crooked|strong="H1281"\w* \w serpent|strong="H5175"\w*.


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Lo, these <i>are</i> \w parts|strong="H7098"\w* of his \w ways|strong="H1870"\w*: but how \w little|strong="H8102"\w* a \w portion|strong="H1697"\w* is \w heard|strong="H8085"\w* of him? but the \w thunder|strong="H7482"\w* of his \w power|strong="H1369"\w* who can \w understand|strong="H0995"\w*?<pb/>


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Moreover \w Job|strong="H0347"\w* \w continued|strong="H3254"\w* his \w parable|strong="H4912"\w*, and \w said|strong="H0559"\w*,<n>continued: Heb. added to take up</n>


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<i>As</i> \w God|strong="H0410"\w* \w liveth|strong="H2416"\w*, <i>who</i> hath taken \w away|strong="H5493"\w* my \w judgment|strong="H4941"\w*; and the \w Almighty|strong="H7706"\w*, <i>who</i> hath \w vexed|strong="H4843"\w* my \w soul|strong="H5315"\w*;<n>vexed…: Heb. made my soul bitter</n>


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All the \w while|strong="H5750"\w* my \w breath|strong="H5397"\w* <i>is</i> in me, and the \w spirit|strong="H7307"\w* of \w God|strong="H0433"\w* <i>is</i> in my \w nostrils|strong="H0639"\w*;<n>the spirit…: that is, the breath which God gave him</n>


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My \w lips|strong="H8193"\w* shall not \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* \w wickedness|strong="H5766"\w*, nor my \w tongue|strong="H3956"\w* \w utter|strong="H1897"\w* \w deceit|strong="H7423"\w*.


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God \w forbid|strong="H2486"\w* that I should \w justify|strong="H6663"\w* you: till I \w die|strong="H1478"\w* I will not \w remove|strong="H5493"\w* mine \w integrity|strong="H8538"\w* from me.


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My \w righteousness|strong="H6666"\w* I \w hold|strong="H2388"\w* fast, and will not let it \w go|strong="H7503"\w*: my \w heart|strong="H3824"\w* shall not \w reproach|strong="H2778"\w* <i>me</i> so long as I \w live|strong="H3117"\w*.<n>so long…: Heb. from my days</n><pb/>


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Let mine \w enemy|strong="H0341"\w* be as the \w wicked|strong="H7563"\w*, and he that riseth \w up|strong="H6965"\w* against me as the \w unrighteous|strong="H5767"\w*.


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For what <i>is</i> the \w hope|strong="H8615"\w* of the \w hypocrite|strong="H2611"\w*, though he hath \w gained|strong="H1214"\w*, when \w God|strong="H0433"\w* taketh \w away|strong="H7953"\w* his \w soul|strong="H5315"\w*?


text:
Will \w God|strong="H0410"\w* \w hear|strong="H8085"\w* his \w cry|strong="H6818"\w* when \w trouble|strong="H6869"\w* \w cometh|strong="H0935"\w* upon him?


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Will he \w delight|strong="H6026"\w* himself in the \w Almighty|strong="H7706"\w*? will he \w always|strong="H6256"\w* \w call|strong="H7121"\w* upon \w God|strong="H0433"\w*?<pb/>


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I will \w teach|strong="H3384"\w* you by the \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* of \w God|strong="H0410"\w*: <i>that</i> which <i>is</i> with the \w Almighty|strong="H7706"\w* will I not \w conceal|strong="H3582"\w*.<n>by…: or, being in the hand, etc</n>


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Behold, all ye yourselves have \w seen|strong="H2372"\w* <i>it;</i> why then are ye thus \w altogether|strong="H1892"\w* \w vain|strong="H1891"\w*?


