Discovery Box| (0.17) | Neh 2:6 |
| Then the king, with his consort 1 sitting beside him, replied, “How long would your trip take, and when would you return?” Since the king was amenable to dispatching me, 2 I gave him a time. |
| (0.17) | Neh 2:20 |
| I responded to them by saying, “The God of heaven will prosper us. We his servants will start the rebuilding. 1 But you have no just or ancient right in Jerusalem.” 2 |
| (0.17) | Neh 3:25 |
| After him Palal son of Uzai worked 1 opposite the buttress and the tower that protrudes from the upper palace 2 of the court of the guard. After him Pedaiah son of Parosh |
| (0.17) | Neh 4:7 |
| (4:1) 1 When Sanballat, Tobiah, the Arabs, the Ammonites, and the people of Ashdod heard that the restoration of the walls of Jerusalem 2 had moved ahead and that the breaches had begun to be closed, they were very angry. |
| (0.17) | Neh 4:22 |
| At that time I instructed 1 the people, “Let every man and his coworker spend the night in Jerusalem and let them be guards for us by night and workers by day. |
| (0.17) | Neh 13:2 |
| for they had not met the Israelites with food 1 and water, but instead had hired Balaam to curse them. (Our God, however, turned the curse into blessing.) |
| (0.17) | Est 2:18 |
| Then the king prepared a large banquet for all his officials and his servants – it was actually Esther’s banquet. He also set aside a holiday for the provinces, and he provided for offerings at the king’s expense. 1 |
| (0.17) | Est 3:9 |
| If the king is so inclined, 1 let an edict be issued 2 to destroy them. I will pay ten thousand talents of silver 3 to be conveyed to the king’s treasuries for the officials who carry out this business.” |
| (0.17) | Est 9:3 |
| All the officials of the provinces, the satraps, the governors and those who performed the king’s business were assisting the Jews, for the dread of Mordecai had fallen on them. |
| (0.17) | Psa 44:3 |
| For they did not conquer 1 the land by their swords, and they did not prevail by their strength, 2 but rather by your power, 3 strength 4 and good favor, 5 for you were partial to 6 them. |
| (0.17) | Psa 95:10 |
| For forty years I was continually disgusted 1 with that generation, and I said, ‘These people desire to go astray; 2 they do not obey my commands.’ 3 |
| (0.17) | Ecc 2:11 |
| Yet when I reflected on everything I had accomplished 1 and on all the effort that I had expended to accomplish it, 2 I concluded: 3 “All these 4 achievements and possessions 5 are ultimately 6 profitless 7 – like chasing the wind! There is nothing gained 8 from them 9 on earth.” |
| (0.17) | Ecc 5:15 |
| Just as he came forth from his mother's womb, naked will he return as he came, and he will take nothing in his hand that he may carry away from his toil. |
| (0.17) | Ecc 12:3 |
| when those who keep watch over the house 1 begin to tremble, 2 and the virile men begin to stoop over, 3 and the grinders 4 begin to cease because they grow few, and those who look through the windows grow dim, 5 |
| (0.17) | Sos 8:11 |
| The Beloved to Her Lover: Solomon had a vineyard at Baal-Hamon; he leased out 1 the vineyard to those who maintained it. Each was to bring a thousand shekels of silver for its fruit. |
| (0.17) | Isa 23:12 |
| He said, “You will no longer celebrate, oppressed 1 virgin daughter Sidon! Get up, travel to Cyprus, but you will find no relief there.” 2 |
| (0.17) | Isa 31:8 |
| Assyria will fall by a sword, but not one human-made; 1 a sword not made by humankind will destroy them. 2 They will run away from this sword 3 and their young men will be forced to do hard labor. |
| (0.17) | Isa 40:14 |
| From whom does he receive directions? 1 Who 2 teaches him the correct way to do things, 3 or imparts knowledge to him, or instructs him in skillful design? 4 |
| (0.17) | Isa 40:24 |
| Indeed, they are barely planted; yes, they are barely sown; yes, they barely take root in the earth, and then he blows on them, causing them to dry up, and the wind carries them away like straw. |
| (0.17) | Isa 41:4 |
| Who acts and carries out decrees? 1 Who 2 summons the successive generations from the beginning? I, the Lord, am present at the very beginning, and at the very end – I am the one. 3 |
