¹⁰ Delicate living is not appropriate for a fool, Much less for a servant to have rule over princes.

²¹ "For three things the earth tremble, And under four, it can't bear up:

²² For a servant when he is king; A fool when he is filled with food;

¹ Like snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, So honor is not fitting for a fool.

⁹ Lament, mourn, and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to gloom.

²³ In Hades, he lifted up his eyes, being in torment, and saw Abraham far off, and Lazarus at his bosom.

¹⁹ "Now there was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, living in luxury every day.

³ Those who put far away the evil day, And cause the seat of violence to come near;

⁴ Who lie on beds of ivory, And stretch themselves on their couches, And eat the lambs out of the flock, And the calves out of the midst of the stall;

⁵ Who strum on the strings of a harp; Who invent for themselves instruments of music, like David;

⁶ Who drink wine in bowls, And anoint themselves with the best oils; But they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.

¹ Don't rejoice, Israel, to jubilation like the nations; For you were unfaithful to your God. You love the wages of a prostitute at every grain threshing floor.

³ They make the king glad with their wickedness, And the princes with their lies.

⁴ They are all adulterers. They are burning like an oven that the baker stops stirring, From the kneading of the dough, until it is leavened.

⁵ On the day of our king, the princes made themselves sick with the heat of wine. He joined his hand with mockers.

¹² In that day did the Lord, Yahweh of Hosts, call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:

¹³ and behold, joy and gladness, killing oxen and killing sheep, eating flesh and drinking wine: let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we shall die.

¹⁴ Yahweh of Hosts revealed himself in my ears, Surely this iniquity shall not be forgiven you until you die, says the Lord, Yahweh of Hosts.

¹¹ Woe to those who rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; Who stay late into the night, until wine inflames them!

¹² The harp, lyre, tambourine, and flute, with wine, are at their feasts; But they don't regard the work of Yahweh, Neither have they considered the operation of his hands.

⁵ The people will be oppressed, Everyone by another, And everyone by his neighbor. The child will behave himself proudly against the old man, And the base against the honorable.

⁵ There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, the sort of error which proceeds from the ruler.

⁶ Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in a low place.

⁷ I have seen servants on horses, and princes walking like servants on the earth.

⁷ Arrogant speech isn't fitting for a fool, Much less do lying lips fit a prince.

¹⁵ The posts went forth in haste by the king's commandment, and the decree was given out in Shushan the palace. The king and Haman sat down to drink; but the city of Shushan was perplexed.

³⁹ I am this day weak, though anointed king; and these men the sons of Zeruiah are too hard for me. May Yahweh reward the evil-doer according to his wickedness."

²⁴ Then Joab came to the king, and said, What have you done? behold, Abner came to you; why is it that you have sent him away, and he is quite gone?

²⁵ You know Abner the son of Ner, that he came to deceive you, and to know your going out and your coming in, and to know all that you do.

³⁶ Abigail came to Nabal; and, behold, he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king; and Nabal's heart was merry within him, for he was very drunken: therefore she told him nothing, less or more, until the morning light.