Monthly Archives: May 2011

1. Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered, 2. “If one ventures a word with you, will you become impatient? But who can refrain from speaking? 3. “Behold you have admonished many, And you have strengthened weak hands. 4. “Your words have … Continue reading →

1. Afterward Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his {birth.} 2. And Job said, 3. “Let the day perish on which I was to be born, And the night {which} said, `A boy is conceived.’ 4. “May … Continue reading →

1. Again there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came among them to present himself before the LORD. 2. The LORD said to Satan, “Where have you come … Continue reading →

1. There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job; and that man was blameless, upright, fearing God and turning away from evil. 2. Seven sons and three daughters were born to him. 3. His possessions … Continue reading →

1. Now King Ahasuerus laid a tribute on the land and on the coastlands of the sea. 2. And all the accomplishments of his authority and strength, and the full account of the greatness of Mordecai to which the king … Continue reading →

1. Now in the twelfth month (that is, the month Adar), on the thirteenth day when the king’s command and edict were about to be executed, on the day when the enemies of the Jews hoped to gain the mastery … Continue reading →

1. On that day King Ahasuerus gave the house of Haman, the enemy of the Jews, to Queen Esther; and Mordecai came before the king, for Esther had disclosed what he was to her. 2. The king took off his … Continue reading →

1. Now the king and Haman came to drink {wine} with Esther the queen. 2. And the king said to Esther on the second day also as they drank their wine at the banquet, “What is your petition, Queen Esther? … Continue reading →

1. During that night the king could not sleep so he gave an order to bring the book of records, the chronicles, and they were read before the king. 2. It was found written what Mordecai had reported concerning Bigthana … Continue reading →

1. Now it came about on the third day that Esther put on her royal robes and stood in the inner court of the king’s palace in front of the king’s rooms, and the king was sitting on his royal … Continue reading →