Man

I also shook out the folds of my robe and said, “May God likewise shake out of his house and possessions every man who does not keep this promise. May such a man be shaken out and have nothing!” The whole assembly said, “Amen,” and they praised the LORD. And the people did as they had promised.

I also shook out the folds of my robe and said, “May God likewise shake out of his house and possessions every man who does not keep this promise. May such a man be shaken out and have nothing!” The whole assembly said, “Amen,” and they praised the LORD. And the people did as they had promised.

But I replied, “Should a man like me run away? Should one like me go into the temple to save his own life? I will not go!”

Then I put my brother Hanani in charge of Jerusalem, along with Hananiah the commander of the fortress, because he was a faithful man who feared God more than most.

You admonished them to turn back to Your law, but they were arrogant and disobeyed Your commandments. They sinned against Your ordinances, by which a man will live if he practices them. They turned a stubborn shoulder; they stiffened their necks and would not obey.

The leaders of the Levites were Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua son of Kadmiel, along with their associates, who stood across from them to give praise and thanksgiving as one section alternated with the other, as prescribed by David the man of God.

…and his associates—Shemaiah, Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethanel, Judah, and Hanani—with the musical instruments prescribed by David the man of God. Ezra the scribe led the procession.

By order of the king, no limit was placed on the drinking, and every official of his household was to serve each man whatever he desired.

He sent letters to all the provinces of the kingdom, to each province in its own script and to each people in their own language, proclaiming that every man should be master of his own household.

Now there was at the citadel of Susa a Jewish man from the tribe of Benjamin named Mordecai son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish.

“All the royal officials and the people of the king’s provinces know that one law applies to every man or woman who approaches the king in the inner court without being summoned—that he be put to death. Only if the king extends the gold scepter may that person live. But I have not been summoned to appear before the king for the past thirty days.”

Haman entered, and the king asked him, “What should be done for the man whom the king is delighted to honor?” Now Haman thought to himself, “Whom would the king be delighted to honor more than me?”

And Haman told the king, “For the man whom the king is delighted to honor,

Let the robe and the horse be entrusted to one of the king’s most noble princes. Let them array the man the king wants to honor and parade him on the horse through the city square, proclaiming before him, ‘This is what is done for the man whom the king is delighted to honor!’”

Let the robe and the horse be entrusted to one of the king’s most noble princes. Let them array the man the king wants to honor and parade him on the horse through the city square, proclaiming before him, ‘This is what is done for the man whom the king is delighted to honor!’”

So Haman took the robe and the horse, arrayed Mordecai, and paraded him through the city square, crying out before him, “This is what is done for the man whom the king is delighted to honor!”

Esther replied, “The adversary and enemy is this wicked man—Haman!” And Haman stood in terror before the king and queen.

In each of the provinces of King Xerxes, the Jews assembled in their cities to attack those who sought to harm them. No man could withstand them, because the fear of them had fallen upon all peoples.

There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job. And this man was blameless and upright, fearing God and shunning evil.

There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job. And this man was blameless and upright, fearing God and shunning evil.

…and he owned 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 yoke of oxen, 500 female donkeys, and a very large number of servants. Job was the greatest man of all the people of the East.

Then the LORD said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job? For there is no one on earth like him, a man who is blameless and upright, who fears God and shuns evil.”

“Very well,” said the LORD to Satan. “Everything he has is in your hands, but you must not lay a hand on the man himself.” Then Satan went out from the presence of the LORD.

Then the LORD said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job? For there is no one on earth like him, a man who is blameless and upright, who fears God and shuns evil. He still retains his integrity, even though you incited Me against him to ruin him without cause.”

“Skin for skin!” Satan replied. “A man will give up all he owns in exchange for his life.

When they lifted up their eyes from afar, they could barely recognize Job. They began to weep aloud, and each man tore his robe and threw dust in the air over his head.

Why is life given to a man whose way is hidden, whom God has hedged in?

‘Can a mortal be more righteous than God, or a man more pure than his Maker?

Yet man is born to trouble as surely as sparks fly upward.

Blessed indeed is the man whom God corrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.

A despairing man should have the kindness of his friend, even if he forsakes the fear of the Almighty.

“Is not man consigned to labor on earth? Are not his days like those of a hired hand?

What is man that You should exalt him, that You should set Your heart upon him,

For He is not a man like me, that I can answer Him, that we can take each other to court.

Do You have eyes of flesh? Do You see as man sees?

Are Your days like those of a mortal, or Your years like those of a man,

But a witless man can no more become wise than the colt of a wild donkey can be born a man!

But a witless man can no more become wise than the colt of a wild donkey can be born a man!

I am a laughingstock to my friends, though I called on God, and He answered. The righteous and upright man is a laughingstock.

What He tears down cannot be rebuilt; the man He imprisons cannot be released.

Would it be well when He examined you? Could you deceive Him as you would deceive a man?

Moreover, this will be my salvation, for no godless man can appear before Him.

So man wastes away like something rotten, like a moth-eaten garment.

“Man, who is born of woman, is short of days and full of trouble.

But a man dies and is laid low; he breathes his last, and where is he?

…so a man lies down and does not rise. Until the heavens are no more, he will not be awakened or roused from sleep.

When a man dies, will he live again? All the days of my hard service I will wait, until my renewal comes.

“Does a wise man answer with empty counsel or fill his belly with the hot east wind?

Were you the first man ever born? Were you brought forth before the hills?

What is man, that he should be pure, or one born of woman, that he should be righteous?

…how much less man, who is vile and corrupt, who drinks injustice like water?

A wicked man writhes in pain all his days; only a few years are reserved for the ruthless.

Oh, that a man might plead with God as he pleads with his neighbor!

If a man denounces his friends for a price, the eyes of his children will fail.

He has made me a byword among the people, a man in whose face they spit.

But come back and try again, all of you. For I will not find a wise man among you.

Do you not know that from antiquity, since man was placed on the earth,

Is my complaint against a man? Then why should I not be impatient?

It is said that God lays up one’s punishment for his children. Let God repay the man himself, so he will know it.

One man dies full of vigor, completely secure and at ease.

Yet another man dies in the bitterness of his soul, having never tasted prosperity.

Indeed, the evil man is spared from the day of calamity, delivered from the day of wrath.

“Can a man be of use to God? Can even a wise man benefit Him?

“Can a man be of use to God? Can even a wise man benefit Him?

…while the land belonged to a mighty man, and a man of honor lived on it.

…while the land belonged to a mighty man, and a man of honor lived on it.

Then an upright man could reason with Him, and I would be delivered forever from my Judge.

How then can a man be just before God? How can one born of woman be pure?

…how much less man, who is but a maggot, and the son of man, who is but a worm!”

…how much less man, who is but a maggot, and the son of man, who is but a worm!”

Man puts an end to the darkness; he probes the farthest recesses for ore in deepest darkness.

Far from human habitation he cuts a shaft in places forgotten by the foot of man. Far from men he dangles and sways.

No man can know its value, nor is it found in the land of the living.

And He said to man, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.’”

The dying man blessed me, and I made the widow’s heart sing for joy.

Yet no one stretches out his hand against a ruined man when he cries for help in his distress.

…if I have seen one perish for lack of clothing, or a needy man without a cloak,

But there is a spirit in a man, the breath of the Almighty, that gives him understanding.

So do not claim, ‘We have found wisdom; let God, not man, refute him.’

I will be partial to no one, nor will I flatter any man.

Behold, you are not right in this matter. I will answer you, for God is greater than man.

Why do you complain to Him that He answers nothing a man asks?

…to turn a man from wrongdoing and keep him from pride,

A man is also chastened on his bed with pain and constant distress in his bones,

Yet if there is a messenger on his side, one mediator in a thousand, to tell a man what is right for him,

He prays to God and finds favor; he sees God’s face and shouts for joy, and God restores His righteousness to that man.

Behold, all these things God does to a man, two or even three times,

What man is like Job, who drinks up derision like water?

For he has said, ‘It profits a man nothing that he should delight in God.’

For His eyes are on the ways of a man, and He sees his every step.

For God need not examine a man further or have him approach for judgment.

But when He remains silent, who can condemn Him? When He hides His face, who can see Him? Yet He watches over both man and nation,

If only Job were tried to the utmost for answering like a wicked man.

Your wickedness affects only a man like yourself, and your righteousness only a son of man.

Your wickedness affects only a man like yourself, and your righteousness only a son of man.

He seals up the hand of every man, so that all men may know His work.

Should He be told that I want to speak? Would a man ask to be swallowed up?

Now brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall inform Me.

…to bring rain on a barren land, on a desert where no man lives,

“Now brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall inform Me.