Esther Cross References - Rotherham

¹ And it came to pass, in the days of Ahasuerus,––the same, Ahasuerus that reigned from India even unto Ethiopia, a hundred and twenty–seven provinces: ² in those days,––when King Ahasuerus was sitting on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shusan the palace; ³ in the third year of his reign, he made a banquet unto all his rulers, and his servants,––the power of Persia and Media, the nobles and the rulers being before him; ⁴ when he showed the riches of the glory of his kingdom, and the splendour of his excellent majesty, many days, a hundred and eighty days; ⁵ that, when these days were fulfilled, the king made––for all the people that were present in Shusan the palace, both for great and small––a banquet, seven days,––in the court of the garden of the palace of the king: ⁶ white stuff, cotton and blue, being held fast with cords of fine linen and purple, upon rods of silver, and pillars of white marble,––the couches being of gold and silver, upon a pavement of alabaster and white marble, and pearl and black marble. ⁷ And they gave them drink in vessels of gold, vessels, from vessels, being diverse,––even the wine of the kingdom in abundance, by the bounty of the king. ⁸ And, the drinking, was according to the law, no one compelling,––for, so, had the king appointed unto every chief of his household, that every man, should do according to his pleasure. ⁹ Also Vashti the queen, made a banquet for the women,––in the royal house which belonged to King Ahasuerus.
¹⁰ On the seventh day, when merry was the heart of the king with wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, and Abagtha, Zethar and Carcas, the seven eunuchs who were waiting before King Ahasuerus,–– ¹¹ to bring in Vashti the queen, with the royal crown,––to show the peoples and the rulers her beauty, for, of pleasing appearance, was she. ¹² But Queen Vashti refused to come in at the command of the king, which was given through the eunuchs,––and the king was exceeding wroth, and, his anger, burned within him. ¹³ Then said the king unto the wise men having knowledge of the times,––for, so, was the manner of the king before all having knowledge of law and judgment; ¹⁴ and, near unto him, were Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, Memucan,––the seven rulers of Persia and Media, who used to behold the face of the king, who sat first, in the kingdom–– ¹⁵ According to law, what ought to be done, with Queen Vashti,––for that she hath not performed the command of King Ahasuerus, through the eunuchs? ¹⁶ Then said Memucan before the king and the rulers, Not against the king alone, hath Vashti the queen acted perversely,––but against all the rulers, and against all the peoples, who are in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus. ¹⁷ For the report of the queen, will go forth, unto all women, so putting contempt upon their lords, in their eyes,––when it is reported to them, King Ahasuerus, commanded Vashti the queen to be brought in before him, but she came not. ¹⁸ And, this day, shall the ladies of Persia and Media, who have heard the report of the queen, tell it, unto all the lords of the king,––with enough of contempt and wrath. ¹⁹ If, unto the king, it seem good, let there go forth a royal declaration from before him, and let it be written among the laws of Persia and Media, so that it shall not pass away,––That Vashti, is not to come in, before King Ahasuerus, and, her royal estate, let the king give unto her neighbour, who is better than she. ²⁰ When the edict of the king which he shall make, is published throughout all his kingdom, for, great, it is, then, all wives, will give honour unto their lords, both great and small. ²¹ And the thing seemed good in the eyes of the king, and the rulers,––and the king did according to the word of Memucan. ²² So he sent letters, into all the provinces of the king, into every province according to she writing thereof, and unto every people according to their tongue,––That every man should he ruler in his own house, and issue his commands, according to the tongue of his people.

¹⁶ Unto the woman, he said, I will, increase, thy pain of pregnancy, In pain, shalt thou bear children,––Yet, unto thy husband, shall be thy longing, Though, he, rule over thee.

²⁰ And it came to pass, on the third day––the birthday of Pharaoh, that he made a banquet for all his servants,––and uplifted the head of the chief of the butlers, and the head of the chief of the bakers, in the midst of his servants;

³⁷ And the thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh,––and in the eyes of all his servants;

³⁴ And he sent portions, from before him, unto them, and the portion of Benjamin exceeded the portions of them all, five–fold. And they drank and made merry with him.

¹ Also, the habitation, shalt thou make, with ten curtains,––of twined linen, and blue, and purple, and crimson, with cherubim, the work of a skilful weaver, shalt thou make them.

³¹ And thou shalt make a veil, of blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine–twined linen,––of the work of a skilful weaver, shall it be made, with cherubim; ³² and thou shalt hang it upon four pillars of acacia, overlaid with gold, with their hooks of gold,––upon four sockets of silver.

³⁶ And thou shalt make a screen, for the opening of the tent, of blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine–twined linen,––the work of an embroiderer. ³⁷ And thou shalt make, for the screen, five pillars of acacia, and shalt overlay them with gold, and their hooks [shall be] of gold,––and thou shalt cast for them, five sockets of bronze.

¹⁹ And it came to pass, when he drew near unto the camp, and saw the calf, and the dancings, that the anger of Moses kindled, and he cast out of his hands the tables, and brake them in pieces, at the foot of the mountain.

²² And Aaron said, Let not the anger of my lord kindle,––thou thyself, knowest the people, that, ready for mischief, they are.

¹³ And, all the people, shall hear and fear,––and shall not act presumptuously any more.

²¹ Then shall all the men of his city stone him with stones, that he die, so shalt thou consume the wicked thing out of thy midst,––and, all Israel, shall hear and fear.

²⁰ Yahweh will not be willing to forgive him, but, then, will the anger of Yahweh and his jealousy smoke against that man, and all the oath that is written in this scroll, shall settle down upon him,––and Yahweh wipe out his name from under the heavens;

²⁹ The wise ladies, her princesses, responded,––Nay! she, returned answer to, herself:––

²⁵ And it came to pass, when their heart was merry, that they said, Call for Samson, that he may make sport for us. So they called for Samson out of the prison, and he made sport before them, and they stationed him between the pillars.

²⁸ And Samuel said unto him, Yahweh hath rent the kingdom of Israel from off thee, today,––and will give it unto a neighbour of thine, who is better than thou.

³ Now, the name of the man, was Nabal, and, the name of his wife, Abigail,––and, the woman, was of good understanding, and of beautiful figure,––but, the man, was unfeeling and of evil practices, and he was a Calebite.

³⁶ And, when Abigail came unto Nabal, lo! he, had a banquet in his house, like the banquet of a king, and, the heart of Nabal, was glad accordingly, he having drunk deeply,––so she told him nothing––less or more, until the light of the morning. ³⁷ And it came to pass, in the morning, when the wine had gone out of Nabal, and his wife told him these things, that his heart died within him, and he became like a stone.

¹⁶ Now it so came about that, when the ark of Yahweh entered the city of David, Michal Saul’s daughter, looked out through the window, and saw King David, leaping and dancing before Yahweh, and she despised him, in her heart.

¹ And it came to pass, when the king had taken up his abode in his house,––and Yahweh had given him rest round about, from all his enemies,

²⁸ Now Absolom had commanded his young men, saying––Mark, I pray you, when the heart of Amnon is merry with wine, and I say unto you––Smite ye Amnon, then shall ye put him to death, do not fear,––have not, I myself, commanded you? Be bold, and show yourselves to be sons of valour.

²⁵ Now, like unto Absolom, was there no man handsome in all Israel, to be greatly praised,––from the sole of his foot, even unto the crown of his head, there was not, in him, a blemish.

⁴⁶ Moreover also, Solomon hath taken his seat upon the throne of the kingdom.

¹⁵ And Solomon awoke, and lo! it was a dream. So he entered into Jerusalem, and stood before the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and caused to go up ascending–sacrifices and offered peace–offerings, and made a banquet for all his servants.

²⁸ And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had delivered, and they stood in awe before the king,––for they saw, that, the wisdom of God, was in him, to execute justice.

²¹ And, all the drinking vessels of King Solomon, were of gold, and, all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon, were of pure gold,––none was of silver, it was accounted in the days of Solomon, as nothing.

³ So it came to pass that he had seven hundred wives who were princesses, and three hundred concubines,––and, his wives, turned aside, his heart.

¹⁹ and, out of the city, took he one courtier who himself was set over the men of war, and five men of them who were wont to see the face of the king, who were found in the city, and the scribe––general of the army, who used to muster the people of the land,––and sixty men of the people of the land, who were found in the city;

³² And, of the sons of Issachar, such as were of good understanding of the times, to know what Israel, should do, their chiefs, were two hundred, and, all their brethren, were at their bidding.

¹¹ Thine, O Yahweh, are Greatness, and Might, and Beauty, and Victory, and Majesty, nay! all in the heavens and in the earth,––thine, O Yahweh, is the kingdom, who art exalted above all,––as chief; ¹² and, riches and honour, are from before thee, and, thou, art ruling over all, and, in thy hand, are power and might,––and, in thy hand, it is, to give greatness and strength unto any.

²⁵ And Yahweh magnified Solomon, exceedingly, before the eyes of all Israel,––and gave unto him a royal majesty, that had not been on any king before him, over Israel.

⁸ And Solomon made a festival––at that time––for seven days, and all Israel with him, an exceeding great convocation,––from the entering in of Hamath, unto the ravine of Egypt. ⁹ And they made, on the eighth day, a closing feast,––because, the dedication of the altar, they had kept seven days and a festival seven days.

²⁰ And, all the drinking vessels of King Solomon, were of gold, and, all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon, were of purified gold,––there was no silver, it was esteemed, in the days of Solomon, as nothing.

²¹ And so the sons of Israel who were found in Jerusalem kept the festival of unleavened cakes seven days, with great rejoicing,––and the Levites and the priests, were offering praise unto Yahweh day by day, with loud instruments, unto Yahweh. ²² And Hezekiah spake unto the heart of all the Levites who were giving good instruction respecting Yahweh,––and they did eat the appointed feast seven days, sacrificing the peace–offerings, and offering praise unto Yahweh, God of their fathers. ²³ Then all the convocation took counsel, to keep seven days more,––and they kept seven days, with rejoicing. ²⁴ For, Hezekiah king of Judah, presented to the convocation, a thousand bullocks and seven thousand sheep, and, the rulers, presented to the convocation, a thousand bullocks and ten thousand sheep,–and, priests in great numbers, hallowed themselves. ²⁵ So all the convocation of Judah, and the priests and the Levites, and all the convocation that came in out of Israel, rejoiced,––also the sojourners who were coming in out of the land of Israel, and the dwellers in Judah.

² Thus, saith Cyrus, king of Persia, All the kingdoms of the earth, hath Yahweh God of the heavens, given to me,––and, he himself, hath laid charge upon me, to build for him a house, in Jerusalem, which is in Judah.

⁶ And, in the reign of Ahasuerus, in the beginning of his reign, wrote they an accusation, against the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem.

¹⁴ Forasmuch as, from before the king and his seven counselors, thou art sent, to enquire concerning Judah and as to Jerusalem,––by the law of thy God which is in thy hand;

¹ The story of Nehemiah, son of Hacaliah,––and it came to pass, in the month Chislev, in the twentieth year, when, I, was in Shusan the fortress,

¹⁴ and, near unto him, were Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, Memucan,––the seven rulers of Persia and Media, who used to behold the face of the king, who sat first, in the kingdom––

¹⁹ If, unto the king, it seem good, let there go forth a royal declaration from before him, and let it be written among the laws of Persia and Media, so that it shall not pass away,––That Vashti, is not to come in, before King Ahasuerus, and, her royal estate, let the king give unto her neighbour, who is better than she.

²¹ And the thing seemed good in the eyes of the king, and the rulers,––and the king did according to the word of Memucan.

³ and let the king appoint officers throughout all the provinces of his kingdom, and let them gather together every young virgin of pleasing appearance unto Shusan the palace, unto the house of the women, into the custody of Hegai eunuch of the king, keeper of the women, and let there be given the things needed for their purification; ⁴ and, the maiden that is pleasing in the eyes of the king, let her be queen instead of Vashti. And the thing seemed good in the eyes of the king, and he did so.

¹⁷ And the king loved Esther above all the women, and she obtained favour and lovingkindness before him, above all the virgins,––so that he set the royal crown upon her head, and made her queen, instead of Vashti. ¹⁸ Then the king made a great banquet, for all his rulers and his servants, the banquet of Esther,––and, a remission, for all the provinces, made he, and gave a present, according to the bounty of a king.

⁹ If, unto the king, it seem good, let it be written, to destroy them,––and, ten thousand talents of silver, will I weigh out upon the hands of them who are doing the business, to bring [it] into the treasuries of the king.

¹² Then were called the scribes of the king, in the first month, on the thirteenth day therein, and it was written according to all that Haman commanded unto the satraps of the king, and unto the pashas, who were over every province, and unto the rulers of every people, every province according to the writing thereof, and every people according to the tongue thereof,––in the name of King Ahasuerus, was it written, and sealed with the signet– ring of the king.

¹⁵ The runners, went forth, urged on by the word of the king, and, the edict, was given in Shusan the palace,––and, the king and Haman, sat down to drink, but, the city of Shusan, was perplexed.

¹⁶ Go! gather ye together all the Jews who are to be found in Shusan, and fast ye for me––and neither eat nor drink––three days, night nor day, and, I and my maidens, will fast so,––and, in this manner, will I go in unto the king, though it is not according to the law, and, when I have perished, I have perished!

⁴ Then said Esther, If, unto the king, it seem good, let the king with Haman come in this day, unto the banquet which I have prepared for him.

⁸ If I have found favour in the eyes of the king, and if, unto the king, it seem good, to grant my petition, and to perform my request, let the king with Haman come in unto the banquet which I will prepare for them, and, tomorrow, I will do according to the word of the king.

⁶ So Haman came in, and the king said unto him, What shall be done unto the man in whose honour, the king delighteth? Then said Haman, in his own heart, Unto whom will the king delight to do honour, more than unto me?

⁸ let them bring in royal apparel wherewith the king hath clothed himself,––and the horse whereon the king hath ridden, and the royal crown which hath been set upon his own head;

⁷ Now, the king, arising in his wrath from the banquet of wine, and going into the palace garden, Haman, stood to make request for his life from Esther the queen, for he saw that ruin, was determined against him, by the king. ⁸ When, the king, returned out of the palace garden into the place of the banquet of wine, Haman, was lying prostrate upon the couch whereon Esther was. Then said the king, Will he, even dare to force the queen, while I am in the house? No sooner had the word gone forth out of the mouth of the king, than, the face of Haman, they had covered.

⁸ When, the king, returned out of the palace garden into the place of the banquet of wine, Haman, was lying prostrate upon the couch whereon Esther was. Then said the king, Will he, even dare to force the queen, while I am in the house? No sooner had the word gone forth out of the mouth of the king, than, the face of Haman, they had covered. ⁹ Then said Harbonah––one of the eunuchs before the king––Yea lo! the gallows that Haman made ready for Mordecai, who had spoken well for the king, is standing in Haman’s house, of a height of fifty cubits. Then said the king, Hang him thereon.

⁵ and said––If, unto the king, it seem good, and if I have found favour before him, and the thing be approved before the king, and, I myself, be pleasing in his eyes, let it be written, to reverse the letters plotted by Haman, son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, which he wrote to destroy thee Jews, who are in all the provinces of the king.

⁸ Ye, therefore, write concerning the Jews as may seem good in your own eyes, in the name of the king, and seal it with the kings signet–ring,––for a writing which hath been written in the king’s name, and sealed with the king’s signet–ring, none can reverse. ⁹ Then were called the king’s scribes at that time––in the third month, the same, is the month Siwan, on the twenty–third thereof, and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded unto the Jews, and unto the satraps and pashas and rulers of the provinces, which are from India even unto Ethiopia, a hundred and twenty–seven provinces, every province according to the writing thereof, and every people according to their tongue,––and unto the Jews, according to their writing, and according to their tongue;

¹⁵ And, Mordecai, went forth from the presence of the king, in royal apparel, of blue and white, with a large diadem of gold, and a mantle of fine linen and purple,––and, the city Shusan, was bright and joyful.

¹² Then said the king unto Esther the queen, In Shusan the palace, have the Jews slain and caused to perish five hundred men, and the ten sons of Haman,––in the rest of the provinces of the king, what have they done? What, then, is thy petition, that it may be granted thee? and what is thy request further, that it may he performed? ¹³ Then said Esther, If, unto the king, it seem good, let it be granted, tomorrow also, unto the Jews who are in Shusan, to do according to the edict of today,––and that, the ten sons of Haman, be hanged upon the gallows. ¹⁴ And the king commanded it to be done so, and there was given an edict, in Shusan,––and, the ten sons of Haman, they hanged. ¹⁵ So the Jews who were in Shusan assembled themselves together, on the fourteenth day also, of the month Adar, and slew in Shusan three hundred men,––but, on the spoil, thrust they not forth their hand.

³⁰ and he sent letters unto all the Jews, throughout the hundred and twenty–seven provinces of the kingdom of Ahasuerus,––words of peace and stability:

¹⁰ Deck thyself, I pray thee, with majesty and grandeur, Yea, with dignity and splendour, thou shalt clothe thyself;

⁵ Great is his glory, in thy salvation, Honour and majesty, wilt thou lay upon him;

³ Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O mighty one, [’Tis] thine honour and thy majesty;

¹ [An Instructive Psalm. Asaph’s.]
Wherefore, O God, hast thou cast off utterly? Shall thine anger smoke against the flock of thine own pasturing?

¹ [To the Chief Musician. With Stringed Instruments. A Melody of Asaph, a Song.]
God is, known in Judah, In Israel, great is his Name; ² Now hath come into Salem, his pavilion, And his dwelling–place into Zion. ³ There, hath he broken in pieces the arrows of the bow, shield and sword, and battle. [Selah.] ⁴ Enveloped in light, thou, art more majestic than the mountains of prey.

⁵ How long, O Yahweh, wilt thou be angry utterly? Shall thy jealousy, burn like fire?

¹ Yahweh, hath become king, With majesty, is he clothed,––Clothed is Yahweh, With strength, hath he girded himself, Surely he hath fixed the world, It shall not be shaken.

⁵ The splendour of the glory of thy majesty, shall they speak, and, thy wonders, will I utter.

¹² To make known to the sons of men, his mighty deeds, and the splendid glory of his kingdom. ¹³ Thy kingdom, is a kingdom of all ages,––and, thy dominion, is over generation after generation.

⁹ A man’s heart, deviseth his way, but, Yahweh, directeth his steps.

¹² The growl as of a young lion, is the rage of a king, but, like dew upon the grass, is his good pleasure.

¹ Wine is, a scoffer, and strong drink, a brawler, every one therefore who erreth therein, is unwise.
² The growl as of a young lion, is the dread inspired by a king, he that provoketh him, endangereth his own life.

²⁹ Who hath woe? Who hath outcry of pain? Who hath contentions? Who hath complaining? Who hath needless wounds? Who hath dullness of eyes? ³⁰ They who tarry over wine, they who go in to search for mixed wine. ³¹ Do not look on wine when it becometh red, when it giveth in the cup its sparkle, glideth down smoothly. ³² Its after effect, is that, like a serpent, it biteth, and, like a viper, it doth sting. ³³ Thine eyes, will see strange women, and, thy heart, will speak perverse things:

³⁰ Deceitful is loveliness and vain is beauty, The woman that revereth Yahweh, she, shall be praised:

² Better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of banqueting, for, that, is the end of all men,––and, the living, should take it to his heart. ³ Better is grief than laughter,––for, by the marring of the face, amended is the heart. ⁴ The heart of the wise, is in the house of mourning, but, the heart of dullards, in the house of mirth.

¹⁹ Merrily people make bread, and, wine, gladdeneth life,––but, money, answereth all things.

¹ Ho! thou land of the buzzing of wings,––Which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia:

² [So] hath, a grievous vision, been told me:––The deceiver, is deceiving, And, the spoiler, is spoiling, Go up, O Elam, Besiege, O Media, All the sighing she hath caused, have I made to cease.

⁹ And he heard it reported concerning Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, saying, He hath come forth to fight with thee,––so, when he heard it, he sent messengers unto Hezekiah, saying:

² And Hezekiah, rejoiced over them, and showed them his house of precious things––the silver and the gold and the spices and the precious ointment, and all his armoury––and all that was found among his treasures,––there was nothing, which Hezekiah, did not show them––in his house, or in all his dominion.

⁷ Who, would not revere thee, O King of nations? For, thee, doth it beseem; Forasmuch as, among all the wise men of the nations, And throughout all their royal estate, None, there is, like unto thee.

⁸ So we have hearkened unto the voice of Jonadab son of Rechab, our father, in all that he commanded us,––not to drink wine, all our days, we, our wives, our sons, nor our daughters;

⁷ A cup of gold, was Babylon, in the hand of Yahweh, Making drunk all the earth,––Of her wine, have the nations drunk, For this cause, have the nations been acting as men who are mad.

¹¹ Polish the arrows, Lay hold of the shields,––Yahweh hath roused the spirit of the kings of the Medes, For, against Babylon, his purpose is, to destroy her,––For it is, The avenging of Yahweh, The avenging of his temple.

⁴¹ Then satest thou upon a glorious couch, With a table prepared, before it,––And, mine incense and mine oil, didst thou set thereon.

⁵ By the greatness of thy wisdom and by thy traffic, hast thou multiplied thy riches,––And thy heart, hath become lofty, in thy riches,

³ Then did the king give word to Ashpenaz, the chief of his eunuchs,––that he should bring in, of the sons of Israel, even of the seed royal, and of the nobles, ⁴ youths in whom was no blemish, but comely of countenance, and skilful in all wisdom, and possessed of knowledge, and able to impart instruction, and who had vigour in them, to stand in the palace of the king,––and that they should be taught the learning and the tongue of the Chaldeans. ⁵ And the king appointed them the provision of each day upon its day, out of the delicacies of the king and out of the wine which he drank, and so to let them grow three years,––and, at the end thereof, that they should stand before the king.

¹⁸ Now, at the end of the days after which the king had given word to bring them in, then did the ruler of the eunuchs bring them in, before Nebuchadnezzar. ¹⁹ So then the king, spake with them, and there was not found, from among them all, one like unto Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah,––therefore stood they before the king;

² So the king gave word to call for the sacred scribes and for the magicians, and for the users of incantations, and for the Chaldeans, that they might tell the king his dreams,––they came in therefore, and stood before the king.

¹² For this cause, the king, was provoked and exceedingly indignant,––and gave word to destroy all the wise men of Babylon;

²⁷ Daniel answered before the king, and said,––The secret which the king hath asked, the wise men, the magicians, the sacred scribes, the astrologers, are not able to declare unto the king;

³⁷ Thou, O king, art the king of kings,––for, the God of the heavens, hath given unto thee, the kingship, the might, the power and the dignity; ³⁸ and, wheresoever the sons of men do dwell, the wild beasts of the field and the birds of the heavens, hath he given into thy hand, and hath made thee ruler over them all. Thou, art the head of gold. ³⁹ And, after thee, shall arise another kingdom, inferior to thee,––and another––a third kingdom, of bronze, which shall bear rule throughout all the earth. ⁴⁰ And, the fourth kingdom, shall be hard as iron,––in like manner as iron breaketh in pieces and crusheth all things,––even as iron which bringeth to ruins all these, shall it break in pieces and bring to ruins. ⁴¹ And, whereas thou sawest the feet and the toes, part of them of potter’s clay, and part of them of iron, the kingdom, shall be, divided, and, of the hardness of the iron, shall there be in it,––forasmuch as thou sawest, the iron, combined with the miry clay; ⁴² and, the toes of the feet, part of them, iron, and, part, of clay,––some part of the kingdom, shall be strong, but, a part thereof, shall be brittle; ⁴³ and, whereas thou sawest, the iron, combined with the miry clay, they shall be combined with the seed of men, but shall not cleave firmly one to another,––lo! as iron is not to be combined with clay. ⁴⁴ And, in the days of those kings, shall the God of the heavens, set up, a kingdom which, to the ages, shall not be destroyed, and, the kingdom, to another people, shall not be left,––it shall break in pieces and make an end of all these kingdoms, but, itself, shall stand to the ages.

² And, Nebuchadnezzar the king, sent to gather together the satraps, the nobles and the pashas, the chief judges, the treasurers, the judges, the lawyers, and all the rulers of the province,––to come to the dedication of the image, which Nebuchadnezzar the king, had set up. ³ Then were gathered together, the satraps, the nobles and the pashas, the chief judges, the treasurers, the judges, the lawyers, and all the rulers of the province, to the dedication of the image, which Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up,––and they stood before the image, which Nebuchadnezzar, had set up.

¹³ Then, Nebuchadnezzar––with anger and wrath, gave word to bring Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed–nego, then, these men, brought they before the king.

¹⁹ Then, Nebuchadnezzar, was filled with wrath, and, the likeness of his countenance, was changed, against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed–nego,––he spake and gave word to heat the furnace seven times hotter than it was ever seen heated;

²⁹ Therefore do I make a decree, that, whosoever of any people, race, or tongue it be that shall charge any error upon the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed–nego, shall be cut in pieces, and, his house, into a dunghill, shall be changed; because there is no other God, who is able to deliver, like this!

¹ Nebuchadnezzar the king, unto all the peoples, the races and the tongues who are dwelling in all the earth, Let, your prosperity, abound!

⁴ I, Nebuchadnezzar, was at peace in mine own house, and was prosperous in my palace.

⁶ Therefore made I a decree, to bring in before me, all the wise men of Babylon,––who, the interpretation of the dream, should make known to me. ⁷ Then came in the sacred scribes, the magicians, the Chaldeans, and the astrologers,––and, the dream, told I before them, but, the interpretation, could they not make known to me.

³⁰ the king spake and said, Is not, this, Babylon the great,––which, I myself, have built as the home of the kingdom, by the might of my power, and for the dignity of my majesty?

³⁶ At the same time, mine understanding, returned unto me, and, for the dignity of my kingdom, my majesty and my brightness, returned unto me, and, unto me, my nearest friends and my nobles, did seek,––and, over my kingdom, was I restored, and, surpassing greatness, was added unto me.

¹ Belshazzar the king, made a great feast, to a thousand of his nobles,––and, before the thousand, was drinking, wine. ² Belshazzar, gave word, at the flavour of the wine, to bring the vessels of gold and silver, which Nebuchadnezzar his father, had brought forth, out of the temple which was in Jerusalem,––that the king and his nobles, his wives and his concubines, might drink therein. ³ Then brought they the vessels of gold which had been taken out of the temple of the house of God, which was in Jerusalem,––and the king and his nobles, his wives and, his concubines, drank therein: ⁴ they drank wine,––and praised the gods of gold and silver, bronze, iron, wood and stone.

⁷ The king began crying out again, to bring in the magicians, the Chaldeans and the astrologers,––the king spake and said to the wise men of Babylon, Whosoever it is that shall read this writing, and, the interpretation thereof, shall declare unto me, with purple, shall he be clothed, and have a chain of gold upon his neck, and, as the third in the kingdom, shall he have dominion.

¹⁸ As for thee, O king, the Most High God, gave, kingship and greatness and honour and majesty, unto Nebuchadnezzar thy father;

²⁸ P’res[=" Snatched–away"], ––snatched away is thy kingdom, and given to the Medes and Persians.

¹ It was pleasing before Darius, that he should set up over the kingdom, a hundred and twenty satraps,––that they should be over all the kingdom;

⁶ Then, these ministers and satraps, crowded together unto the king,––and, thus, were saying to him, O Darius the king! for ages, live! ⁷ All the ministers of the kingdom, the nobles and satraps, the near friends and the pashas, have consulted together, to establish a royal statute, and to confirm an interdict,––That, whosoever shall ask a petition of any God or man, for thirty days, save of thee, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions. ⁸ Now, O king! wilt thou establish the interdict, and sign the writing, that it may not be changed––according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which may not be abolished, ⁹ Wherefore, King Darius, signed the writing and the interdict. ¹⁰ But, Daniel, when he knew that the writing, was signed, went to his own house, and, the windows being opened to him, in his chamber, toward Jerusalem, three times a day, was he kneeling upon his knees, and praying and giving thanks before his God, in like manner as he had been doing aforetime.
¹¹ Then, these men, crowded together, and found Daniel,––praying and making supplication, before his God. ¹² Then drew they near, and began to speak before the king, concerning the royal interdict, Didst thou not sign, an interdict, that, any man who should petition of any God or man, for thirty days, save of thee, O king, should be cast into the den of lions? The king answered and said, Certain is the thing––according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which may not be abolished. ¹³ Then answered they and were saying before the king, Daniel, who is of the sons of the exile of Judah, hath made thee, O king, of none account, also the interdict which thou hast signed,––but, three times a day, is asking his petition. ¹⁴ Then, the king, when he heard, the matter, was sorely displeased with himself, and, upon Daniel, set his heart, to deliver him,––and, until the going in of the sun, was striving to rescue him. ¹⁵ Then, these men, crowded unto the king,––and were saying to the king, Know, O king, that the law of the Medes and Persians is, that, no interdict nor statute which the king establisheth, may be changed.

¹⁷ And there was brought a certain stone, and laid upon the mouth of the den; and the king sealed it with his own signet–ring, and with the signet–ring of his nobles, that nothing might be changed, as to Daniel.

⁹ I continued looking, until that, thrones, were placed, and, the Ancient of days, took his seat,––whose, garment, like snow, was white, and, the hair of his head, like pure wool, his throne, was flames of fire, his wheels, a burning fire. ¹⁰ A stream of fire, was flowing on and issuing forth from before him, a thousand thousand, waited upon him and, ten thousand times ten thousand, before him, stood up,––Judgment, took its seat, and, books, were opened. ¹¹ I continued looking, then because of the sound of the great words which the horn was speaking, I continued looking, until that the wild beast, was slain, and his body destroyed, and given to the burning of the fire. ¹² As concerning the rest of the beasts, their dominion, was taken away,––but, a lengthening of life, was given to them, until time and season. ¹³ I continued looking in the visions of the night, when lo! with the clouds of the heavens, one like a son of man, was coming,––and, unto the Ancient of days, he approached, and, before him, they brought him near; ¹⁴ and, unto him, were given dominion and dignity and kingship, that all peoples, races and tongues, unto him, should do service,––his dominion, was an age–abiding dominion, which should not pass away, and, his kingdom, that which should not be destroyed.

² So then I saw, in the vision, and it came to pass, when I saw, that I was in Shusan the fortress, which is in Persia the province,––yea I saw it in a vision, when, I, was by the river Ulai.

²⁰ The ram which thou sawest, having the two horns, representeth the kings of Media and Persia;

¹ In the first year of Darius son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes,––who was made king over the kingdom of the Chaldeans:

⁸ And, on pledged garments, they recline, beside every altar,––and, exacted wine, do they drink, in the house of their God.

⁴ Who are lying on beds of ivory, and sprawling on their couch of pleasure,––and eating the well–fed of the flock, and the fatted calves out of the midst of the stalls:

⁶ Before his indignation, who shall stand? And who shall abide the glow of his anger? His wrath, hath been poured forth like fire, and, the rocks, have been broken down because of him.

¹⁵ Alas! for him who causeth his neighbour to drink, from the goblet of thy fury, and also, making him drunk,––to the end thou mayest gloat over their parts of shame. ¹⁶ Thou art sated with contempt, more than glory, drink, thou too, and expose thy person,––the cup of the right hand of Yahweh, shall come round unto thee, and ignominious filth be upon thy glory;

¹ Now, when, Jesus, was born in Bethlehem of Judaea, in the days of Herod the king, lo! wise men from eastern parts, came into Jerusalem:

⁸ Again, the adversary taketh him with him, into an exceeding high mountain,––and pointeth out to him all the kingdoms of the world, and their glory;

¹³ And bring us not into temptation, but rescue us from the evil one.

³ And at morn, Today, a storm! for fiery, and yet sad, is the heaven. The face of the heaven indeed, ye learn to distinguish,––but, the signs of the times, ye cannot.]

¹⁰ Beware! do not despise one of these little ones; For I say unto you––that, their messengers in the heavens, do, continually, behold the face of my Father in the heavens.

²¹ And, an opportune day arriving, when Herod on his birthday made a feast for his nobles, and for the rulers of thousands and for the first men of Galilee,

²¹ And, an opportune day arriving, when Herod on his birthday made a feast for his nobles, and for the rulers of thousands and for the first men of Galilee, ²² when the daughter of this very Herodias came in and danced, she pleased Herod and those reclining together, and, the king, said unto the damsel––Ask me what thou wilt, and I will give it thee;

⁸ And the lord praised the unrighteous steward, in that with forethought he acted:––Because, the sons of this age, have more forethought than the sons of light, respecting their own generation.

⁸ And he saith unto them––Draw out now, and be bearing unto the master of the feast. And they bare.

⁵ Now there were in Jerusalem sojourning Jews, reverent men from every nation who were under heaven; ⁶ And this sound occurring the throng came together and was thrown into confusion, because each one severally heard in his own language them who were speaking; ⁷ Yea they were beside themselves and did marvel, saying––Lo! are not all these who are speaking Galilaeans? ⁸ How then do, we, hear each one in our own language in which we were born? ⁹ Parthians and Medes and Elamites, and those dwelling in Mesopotamia, Judaea also and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, ¹⁰ Phrygia also and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of the Libya that is towards Cyrene, and the sojourning Romans,––both Jews and proselytes, ¹¹ Cretans and Arabians, we do hear them speaking in our own tongues the magnificent things of God.

¹⁴ But, as Paul was about to open his mouth, Gallio said unto the Jews––If, indeed, it had been some wrong or wicked recklessness, O Jews, with reason, in that case, should I have been bearing with you.

¹⁰ But Paul said––Standing before the judgment–seat of Caesar, am I, where, I, ought to be judged. Unto the Jews, have I done no wrong, as, even thou, right well, art discovering.

²³ In order that he might make known the riches of his glory upon vessels of mercy which he prepared beforehand for glory,––

⁷ Already, indeed, it is an utter defeat for you, that ye are having, law–suits, one with another. Wherefore are ye not rather taking wrong? Wherefore are ye not rather suffering yourselves to be defrauded? ⁸ Nay! but, ye, are doing wrong, and defrauding,––and that [your] brethren.

¹⁹ But, in assembly, I desire to speak five words with my mind, that, others also, I may instruct, than myriads of words in a tongue. ²⁰ Brethren! do not become children, in your understandings; but, in baseness, become babes, while, in your understandings, ye become, full–grown.

¹⁸ The eyes of your heart having been enlightened, that ye may know––what is the hope of his calling, what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,

¹⁸ And be not getting drunk with wine, in which is dissoluteness, but be getting filled in Spirit; –– ¹⁹ Speaking to yourselves, with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs; singing, and striking the strings, with your heart unto the Lord;

²² Ye wives, unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord,

²² Ye wives, unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord, ²³ Because, a husband, is the head of his wife, as, the Christ also, is the head of the assembly, he, being the saviour of the body,–– ²⁴ Nevertheless, as, the assembly, submitteth herself unto the Christ, so, the wives, unto their husbands, in everything:

²⁴ Nevertheless, as, the assembly, submitteth herself unto the Christ, so, the wives, unto their husbands, in everything:

³³ Nevertheless, ye also, do ye, individually, each man be so loving, his own wife, as himself, and, the wife, [see] that she reverence her husband.

²⁷ Unto whom God hath been pleased to make known what is the glorious wealth of this sacred secret among the nations, which is Christ in you, the hope of the glory,––

¹⁸ Ye wives! be submitting yourselves unto your husbands, as is becoming in the Lord;

¹² But, teaching––unto a woman, I do not permit, nor yet to have authority over a man,––but to be in quietness;

⁴ That they may constrain the young women to be, lovers of their husbands, lovers of their children, ⁵ soberminded, chaste, workers at home, good, submitting themselves to their own husbands,––that, the word of God, be not defamed;

¹ In like manner, ye wives,––submitting yourselves unto your own husbands; in order that, if any are not yielding unto the word, through their wives behaviour, they may, without the word, be won,

¹ In like manner, ye wives,––submitting yourselves unto your own husbands; in order that, if any are not yielding unto the word, through their wives behaviour, they may, without the word, be won, ² Having been permitted to behold your reverently chaste behaviour,–– ³ Whose adorning, let it be––not the outward, of plaiting the hair and wearing golden ornaments, or putting on of apparel, ⁴ But the hidden character, of the heart,––in the incorruptible [ornament] of the quiet, and meek, spirit, which is, in presence of God, of great price. ⁵ For, so, at one time, the holy women also, who directed their hope towards God, used to adorn themselves, being in submission unto their own husbands: ⁶ As, Sarah, was obedient unto Abraham, calling him, lord,––whose children ye have become––so long as ye are doing good, and not bringing yourselves into fear of any single cause of alarm. ⁷ Ye husbands, in like manner, dwelling with them according to knowledge,––as unto a weaker vessel, unto the female [vessel], assigning honour, as joint––inheritors also of life’s favour,––to the end that unhindered may be, your prayers.

¹⁶ For, not as having followed, cleverly devised stories, made we known unto you the power and presence of our Lord Jesus Christ, but as having been made, spectators, of his majesty. ¹⁷ For, when he received from God the Father honour and glory, a voice, being borne to him such as this, by the magnificent glory––My Son, the beloved, is, this, in whom, I, delight,

¹¹ Worthy, art thou, O Lord, and our God, to receive the glory, and the honour, and the power: because thou didst create all things, and, by reason of thy will, they were, and were created.

¹⁶ and they say, unto the mountains and unto the rocks––Fall upon us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth upon the throne, and from the anger of the Lamb; ¹⁷ Because the great day of their anger is come, and who is able to stand?

⁴ and they shall see his face, and, his name, [shall be] upon their foreheads.