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And the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the porters, the singers, the Nethinims, and all they that had separated themselves from the people of the lands unto the law of God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, every one having knowledge, and having understanding;

And that we would not give our daughters unto the people of the land, nor take their daughters for our sons:

And if the people of the land bring ware or any victuals on the sabbath day to sell, that we would not buy it of them on the sabbath, or on the holy day: and that we would leave the seventh year, and the exaction of every debt.

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

And the king Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land, and upon the isles of the sea.

There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.

And the LORD said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.

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?

Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.

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

And the LORD said unto Satan, From whence comest thou? And Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.

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, although thou movedst me against him, to destroy him without cause.

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.

With kings and counsellors of the earth, which built desolate places for themselves;

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

At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh: neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.

Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great, and thine offspring as the grass of the earth.

Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are not his days also like the days of an hireling?

(For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow:)

Which shaketh the earth out of her place, and the pillars thereof tremble.

The earth is given into the hand of the wicked: he covereth the faces of the judges thereof; if not, where, and who is he?

Before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;

A land of darkness, as darkness itself; and of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness.

The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.