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The Jews slay their enemies,

Before

CHRIST

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CHRIST

12 Upon one day in all the provinces | slew and destroyed five hundred men. Before eir. 510. of king Ahasuerus, namely, upon the 7 And Parshandatha, and Dalphon, cir. 509. mch. 3.13, thirteenth day of the twelfth month, and Aspatha, which is the month Adar.

&c. &

n ch. 3. 14. 15

+ Heb. revealed.

Or, violet.

• See ch. 3.

15. Prov. 89.

2.

p Ps. 97. 11.

13 "The copy of the writing for a commandment to be given in every province was published unto all people, and that the Jews should be ready against that day to avenge themselves on their

enemies.

14 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.

15¶ And Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal apparel of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold, and with a garment of fine linen and purple: and the city of Shushan rejoiced and was glad.

16 The Jews had 'light, and gladness, and joy, and honour.

17 And in every province, and in every city, whithersoever the king's commandment and his decree came, the Jews had 918am. 25 joy and gladness, a feast and a good day. And many of the people of the Ps. 18 43 land 'became Jews; for the fear of the Jews fell upon them.

8. ch. 9. 19,

22.

Gen. 35

Exod. 15. 16. Deut. 2. 25& 11.25 ch. 92

eir. 509. a ch. 8. 12.

41.

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Now in the twelfth month, that is,

the month Adar, on the thirteenth ch313 day of the same, when the king's commandment and his decree drew near to be put in execution, in the day that the enemies of the Jews hoped to have power over them, (though it was turned to the Sam. 22. contrary, that the Jews had rule over them that hated them ;)

ver. 16.

d

d ch. 8. 11. & 2 The Jews gathered themselves together in their cities throughout all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, to lay e P. 71. 13, hand on such as sought their hurt: and no man could withstand them; for the fear of them fell upon all people.

24

1 ch. 8. 17.

which did

3 And all the rulers of the provinces, and the lieutenants, and the deputies, and + Heb. those + officers of the king, helped the Jews; bethe bun cause the fear of Mordecai fell upon them. 4 For Mordecai was great in the king's house, and his fame went out throughout all the provinces: for this man Mordecai Sam. 3.1. waxed greater and greater.

that belonged to the

king.

1 Chron. IL 9. Prov. 4 18.

+ Hebe, acwring to they will.

5 Thus the Jews smote all their enemies with the stroke of the sword, and slaughter, and destruction, and did what they would unto those that hated them.

6 And in Shushan the palace the Jews

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12 And the king said unto Esther the queen, The Jews have slain and destroyed five hundred men in Shushan the palace, and the ten sons of Haman; what have they done in the rest of the king's provinces? now what is thy petition? ch. 5. 6. & and it shall be granted thee: or what is thy request further? and it shall be done.

13 Then said Esther, If it please the king, let it be granted to the Jews which are in Shushan to do to morrow also 1according unto this day's decree, and Haman's ten sons mbe hanged upon the gallows.

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17 On the thirteenth day of the month Adar; and on the fourteenth day of the + Heb. in it. same rested they, and made it a day of feasting and gladness.

18 But the Jews that were at Shushan assembled together on the thirteenth r ver. 11, 15. day thereof, and on the fourteenth thereof; and on the fifteenth day of the same they rested, and made it a day of feasting and gladness.

19 Therefore the Jews of the villages, that dwelt in the unwalled towns, made the fourteenth day of the month Adar 'a day of gladness and feasting, and a good day, and of "sending portions one to another.

20 ¶ And Mordecai wrote these things, and sent letters unto all the Jews that were in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, both nigh and far,

s Deut. 16. 11, 14.

t ch. 8. 17. 12.

u ver. 22.

Neh. 8. 10,

21 To stablish this among them, that x See 2 Mac. they should keep the fourteenth day of 1536

The feast of Purim.

Before CHRIST 509.

JOB, I.

Before CHRIST cir. 509.

Ahasuerus's greatness. the month Adar, and the fifteenth day of | and every city; and that these days of Purim should not +fail from among the the same, yearly, Jews, nor the memorial of them †perish + Heb. pass. from their seed.

22 As the days wherein the Jews rested from their enemies, and the month which y Ps. 30. 11. was turned unto them from sorrow to joy, and from mourning into a good day: that they should make them days of feasting and joy, and of sending portions one to another, and gifts to the poor.

z ver. 19. Neh. 8. 11.

23 And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written unto them;

24 Because Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all a ch. 3. 6, 7. the Jews, had devised against the Jews to destroy them, and had cast Pur, that is, the lot, to consume them, and to destroy them;

+ Heb.crush.

+ Heb. when she came.

b ver. 13, 14 & 8. 3, &c.

ch. 7. 5, &c.

c ch. 7. 10. Ps. 7. 16.

lot.

That is,

d ver. 20.

Isai. 56. 3, 6.
Zech. 2. 11.

25 But when Esther came before the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked device, which he devised against the Jews, should return his upon own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.

26 Wherefore they called these days
Purim after the name of || Pur. There-

fore for all the words of this letter, and
of that which they had seen concerning
this matter, and which had come unto
them,

27 The Jews ordained, and took upon
them, and upon their seed, and upon all
ch. 17 such as joined themselves unto them, so
as it should not fail, that they would
+ Heb. pass. keep these two days according to their
writing, and according to their appointed
time every year;
28 And that these days should be re-
membered and kept throughout every
generation, every family, every province,

Before CHRIST cir. 1520,

a Gen. 22. 20, 21.

b Ezek. 14.

+ Heb. be

ended.

29 Then Esther the queen, the daugh- fch. 2. 15ter of Abihail, and Mordecai the Jew, wrote with tall authority, to confirm +Heb. all this second letter of Purim.

strength.

g See ch. 8.

30 And he sent the letters unto all the 10. & ver. 20 Jews, to "the hundred twenty and seven h ch. 1. 1. provinces of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, with words of and truth, peace

31 To confirm these days of Purim in their times appointed, according as Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen had enjoined them, and as they had decreed + for themselves and for their seed, the Heb. for matters of the fastings and their cry.

32 And the decree of Esther confirmed these matters of Purim; and it was written in the book.

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3 For Mordecai the Jew was next Gen. 41. unto king Ahasuerus, and great among 28.7. the Jews, and accepted of the multitude of his brethren, seeking the wealth of Neh. 2. 18. his people, and speaking peace to all his seed.

THE BOOK OF JOB.

[Moses is thought to have wrote the book of Job, whilst among the Madianites, before Christ cir. 1590.]
their houses, every one his day; and sent
and called for their three sisters to eat
and to drink with them.

CHAP. I.

1 The holiness, riches, and religious care of
Job for his children. 6 Satan, appearing
before God, by calumniation obtaineth leave
to tempt Job. 13 Understanding of the loss
of his goods and children, in his mourning
he blesseth God.

HERE was a man "in the land of

c

11. Jam. 5. that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil. 2 And there were born unto him seven sons and three daughters.

c Gen. 6. 9. & 17. 1. ch. 2.3.

d Prov. 8. 13. & 16.6.

Or, cattle.

1 Or, hus

bandry.

+Heb. sons

of the east.

3 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 houshold; so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the east.

4 And his sons went and feasted in

Ps. 122. 8, 9.

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12 And the LORD said unto Satan, BeMal. 3.13,14 hold, all that he hath is in thy +power; Gen. 16.6. only upon himself put not forth thine hand. So Satan went forth from the presence of the LORD.

q Eccles. g.

12.

fire.

ed.

13 ¶ And there was a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house:

14 And there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them:

15 And the Sabeans fell upon them, and took them away; yea, they have slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.

16 While he was yet speaking, there Or, A great came also another, and said, ||The fire of God is fallen from heaven, and hath burned up the sheep, and the servants, and consumed them; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.

17 While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The Chal+Heb. rash deans made out three bands, and fell upon the camels, and have carried them away, yea, and slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.

18 While he was yet speaking, there ver. 413 came also another, and said, 'Thy sons and thy daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house:

aside, &c.

19 And, behold, there came a great + Heb. from wind + from the wilderness, and smote the four corners of the house, and it fell upon the young men, and they are dead; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.

Gen.37.

Erra 9-31 Or, robe.

Pets & P. 49 17.

Feeles, & 1s 1 Tim. 6. 7. x Eccles. 5.

20 Then Job arose, and rent his || mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped,

21 And said, "Naked came I out of 19. Jam.1.17. my mother's womb, and naked shall I * Matt. 20. return thither: the LORD gave, and the LORD hath 'taken away; blessed be the 2 Ephes. 529. 1 Thess. name of the LORD. 5. 18.

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CHAP. II.

CHRIST cir. 1520.

a ch. 2. 10.

Or, attri

Satan appearing again before God obtaineth outed folly further leave to tempt Job. 7 He smiteth to God. him with sore boils. 9 Job reproveth his wife, moving him to curse God. 11 His three friends condole with him in silence.

AGAIN there was a day when the

sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them to present himself before the LORD.

b

a ch. 1. 6.

2 And the LORD said unto Satan, From whence comest thou? And Satan an- bch. 1.7. swered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.

c ch. 1. 1, 8.

5 And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? and still he holdeth fast his integrity, al- d ch. 27. 5, 6. though thou movedst me against him, † to destroy him without cause.

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+ Heb. to swallow him

e.ch. 9. 17.

4 And Satan answered the LORD, and up. said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life.

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5 But put forth thine hand now, and fch. 1.11. touch his bone and his flesh, and he will 8 ch. 19. 20. curse thee to thy face.

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+ Heb. answered.

a ch. 10. 18, 19. Jer. 15

CHAP. III.

1 Job curseth the day and services of his birth. 13 The ease of death. 20 He complaineth of life, because of his anguish.

Eliphaz reproveth him.

Before CHRIST

23 Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedg- cir. 1520.

ed in?

n

n ch. 19. 8.

+ Heb. before

24 For my sighing cometh +before I Lam. 3.7. eat, and my roarings are poured out like my meat. the waters.

+ Heb. I

25 For the thing which I greatly feared fear,

AFTER this opened Job his mouth, feared is come upon me, and that which and it cam

and cursed his day.

2 And Job +spake, and said,

3 "Let the day perish wherein I was 10. 20. 14. born, and the night in which it was said, There is a man child conceived.

b ch. 10. 21, 22. &16.16. &

28. 3. P. 23. 107.19, 14.

4. & 44. 19.

Jer. 13. 16.
Amos 5. 8.
Or, chal-
lenge it.
Or, let

them terrify

it, as those who have a bitter day.

Amos 8. 10.

Or, let it not rejoice

4 Let that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above, neither let the light shine upon it.

5 Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.

6 As for that night, let darkness seize upon it; let it not be joined unto the days of the year, let it not come into the number of the months.

7 Lo, let that night be solitary, let no joyful voice come therein.

8 Let them curse it that curse the among the day, who are ready to raise up || their Jer. 9. 17, mourning.

days.

18.

Or, a leviathan.

9 Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark; let it look for light, but have eyelids of the none; neither let it see † the dawning of the day:

+ Heb. the

morning, ch. 41. 18.

d ch. 10. 18.

e Gen. 30. 3. Isai. 66. 12.

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12 Why did the knees prevent me? or why the breasts that I should suck?

13 For now should I have lain still and been quiet, I should have slept: then had I been at rest,

14 With kings and counsellers of the fch. 15. 28. earth, which built desolate places for

g Pa. 58. 8.

+ Heb. wearied in strength.

themselves;

15 Or with princes that had gold, who filled their houses with silver:

16 Or as an hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants which never saw light.

17 There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest. 18 There the prisoners rest together; h ch. 39. 7. they hear not the voice of the oppressor. 19 The small and great are there; and the servant is free from his master. 20 Wherefore is light given to him k1 Sam. 1. that is in misery, and life unto the bitter 427. Prov. in soul;

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d Prov. 3. 26.

6 Is not this thy fear, thy confi- ch.1.1. dence, thy hope, and the uprightness of thy ways?

7 Remember, I pray thee, who ever • Ps. 37. 25perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off?

8 Even as I have seen, 'they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the

same,

9 By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils are they consumed.

P714 Hos. 10 13

Prov. 22. 8. Gal. 6, 7, &

That is,

by his anger

as Isai. 30. 33. See

15 30. Isai.

10 The roaring of the lion, and the Exod. 15 & voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken.

11 The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the stout lion's whelps are scattered abroad.

ch. 1. 19. & 11-4.2Thess.

2. 8.

P. 56.

h Ps. 34. 10.

↑ Heb. by

12 Now a thing was + secretly brought Health to me, and mine ear received a little thereof.

13 'In thoughts from the visions of the ich. 33-15night, when deep sleep falleth on men, 14 Fear came upon me, and trem- + Heb. met bling, which made tall my bones to shake.

15 Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up:

16 It stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof: an image was before mine eyes, || there was silence, and I heard a voice, saying,

17 Shall mortal man be more just '

me.

Hab 3 16

+ Heb. the multitude of

my bone.

10r, I heard

a still voice. I ch. 9. 2.

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CHAP. V.

1 The harm of inconsideration. 3 The end
of the wicked is misery. 6 God is to be
regarded in affliction. 17 The happy end
of God's correction.

CALL now, if there be any that will

answer thee; and to which of the saints wilt thou turn?

2 For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.

3 "I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.

4 His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them.

CHRIST

The happy end of God's correction. thou the chastening of the Almighty: Before 18 For he maketh sore, and bindeth cir. 1520. up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole.

19 "He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven 'there shall no evil touch thee.

P

Deut. 32. 39. 1 Sam. 2. 6. Isai. 30. 26. Hos. 6. 1. Ps. 34. 19.

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91.3. Prov.

24. 16. ICor. 10. 13.

Ps. 91. 10.

s Ps. 33. 19.

20 'In famine he shall redeem thee from death: and in war + from the power & 37.19. of the sword.

+ Heb.from the hands.

Ps. 31. 20. Or, when scourgeth.

the tongue

21 Thou shalt be hid from the Scourge of the tongue: neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh. 22 At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh: "neither shalt thou be afraid Isai. 11.9. of the beasts of the earth.

& 35-9. & 65. 25. Ezek. 34.

25.

P. 91. 12.

23 For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field: and the beasts of Hos. 2. 18. the field shall be at peace with thee.

24 And thou shalt know || that thy ta- 1 Or, that

peace is the

bernacle shall be in peace; and thou shalt tabernacle.

y

| Or, err.

visit thy habitation, and shalt not || sin.
25 Thou shalt know also that thy seed y Ps. 112. 2.
shall be great, and thine offspring as
the grass of the earth.

2 1 Or, much. z Ps. 72. 16.

26 Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season.

a Prov. 9. 11. + Heb. as

& 10. 27.

cendeth.

27 Lo this, we have searched it, so it b Ps. 111.2. is; hear it, and know thou it for thye for good.

5 Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, den. 18.9 and the robber swalloweth up their sub-1

¡Or, iniquity.

e Gen. 3.17, stance.

18, 19. ICor.

10. 13.

6 Although

affliction cometh not Or, labour. forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;

+ Heb. the

soms of the

burning coal lift up to fly.

fch. 9. 10.

& 37.5. Ps. 40. 5 & 72.

18 & 145-3

Rom. 11. 33+ Heb. and there is no search.

+ Heb. till there be no number. gch. 28. 25.

F653, 10.

& 147.8. Jer. 5 24. &

16 13 & 51.

16. Acts 14

17

+ Heb. cutplaces.

7 Yet man is born unto trouble, as
the sparks fly upward.

s I would seek unto God, and unto
God would I commit my cause:
9 'Which doeth great things
searchable; marvellous things

number:

and un-
without

10 Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the + fields:

11 To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety.

12 'He disappointeth the devices of Sam. 2. the crafty, so that their hands || cannot Neh. 415. perform their enterprise.

7. Ps. 113. 7.

Ps. 13. 10.

Isai. 8. 10.

13 He taketh the wise in their own 1 Or, cannot craftiness: and the counsel of the froward

perform any is carried headlong.

thing.

k Ps. 3 15

1 Cor. 3. 19.

14 They meet with darkness in the 1 Deat. 28. daytime, and grope in the noonday as in Isa. 5 the night.

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Amos 8.

| Or, ran info.

15 But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the

P. 35 10. hand of the mighty.

a i Sam. 29

Ps. 107. 42

16 "So the poor hath hope, and ini

Ps. 94. 12. quity stoppeth her mouth.

Prov. 3. 11, 12. Hebr. 12. 5. Jam. 1. 12. Rev. 2 19

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17 Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not

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