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Then the king Ahasuerus answered and said unto Esther the queen, Who is he, and where is he, that durst presume in his heart to do so?

So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king's wrath pacified.

Then the king held out the golden sceptre toward Esther. So Esther arose, and stood before the king,

So the posts that rode upon mules and camels went out, being hastened and pressed on by the king's commandment. And the decree was given at Shushan the palace.

And the king commanded it so to be done: and the decree was given at Shushan; and they hanged Haman's ten sons.

The Jews ordained, and took upon them, and upon their seed, and upon all such as joined themselves unto them, so as it should not fail, that they would keep these two days according to their writing, and according to their appointed time every year;

His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the east.

And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all: for Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts. Thus did Job continually.

And the Lord said unto Satan, Behold, all that he hath is in thy power; only upon himself put not forth thine hand. So Satan went forth from the presence of the Lord .

So went Satan forth from the presence of the Lord , and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown.

So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spake a word unto him: for they saw that his grief was very great.

He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.

So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.

Lo this, we have searched it, so it is; hear it, and know thou it for thy good.

So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.

As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more.

So that my soul chooseth strangling, and death rather than my life.

I have sinned; what shall I do unto thee, O thou preserver of men? why hast thou set me as a mark against thee, so that I am a burden to myself?

So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite's hope shall perish:

I know it is so of a truth: but how should man be just with God?